ARTIST STATEMENT:

Everything I create is from a deep connection to nature. In this series I demonstrate not only that innate connection but also reflect on my reaction TO that relationship. I am standing back and watching myself connect with all my senses to a moving, lively world of beauty. My hand tells the story on the canvas. There is no “reality” of imagery here, but a state of being awash in the flow going by, which is what I actually see and feel. The elements of water, sky, land, light and air play together, touching, speaking, and moving on. My reaction is painted, not the actual parts of nature.

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Something I noticed as I was mid-stream through this series: my work is busier visually than in the past. I keep the “breathing space” areas (clear areas between the busier substance of imagery) but there is a lot going on. There are layers of textures and shapes, there is movement and scattered details; almost an intentional lack of focus. This reflects the current energy of my life: again, “a lot going on.” My adult children are both off on life-changing career adventures, my husband has started two new businesses, and I have been for years a full-time artist. There is more chaos in the world today that is a distraction to calm thought. With so much to focus on, I finish one task only to move on to three more, keeping the painting moving in a steady stream.

Painting every day no matter the current of life, I am driven to see where this is going and where it may end.

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If you line up the 30”x 48” canvases left to right, your eye can follow the imagery through a linear evolution of time and place. The work is carrying me there, more than I am planning its course. The composition of each painting has a fluid connection to all the other paintings, as does all our events in life.

An advent is a beginning and also a coming of something significant. Time only moves forward.

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