Rhonda Purvis

My paintings are about the edges where earth mets water, sky and sea; swamp and creek. Natural elements experienced anew- one comment which I felt was apt was that they were landscapes of dimensional drifting.
I call them landscapes but they morp during process into interior “ feeling scapes. “
The canvases are really about emotions. The natural world is a template for expressing color.
The hard edges of rocks and trees, all of the
earth elements and the liquidity of water catch my eye. The evolution of water, in all its states, especially reflections, and the chaos at this edge continues to fascinate me.
Indomitable growth 
Seeking nutrients 
Things will grow 
And whatever feeling state is evoked 
Purged 
Outed 
Explored however you want to frame it!
Is revealed during process
The title of the piece comes to me while it is manifested
The photos I take and work from are really just a template for form-
Color is my own to speak about emotions.
It is this tightrope between real and imagined ;
The tension between real and abstract, that I love.
If one looks, the fact of tangled woods along a river bank are clear-
But   liberties are taken.
The material is transpersonaly "real".
These are not pretty p...

BFA Fine Art. The Maryland Institite of Art, Baltimore MD.
Maryland college of Art Bethesda MD

The Krystal Web Oak Island NC

Hearts and Sol Oak Island NC

Charlotte art League, Charlotte NC

The Square Onion, Mount Pleasant SC

Skillbeck, Charlotte NC

Peg Palmers Gallery, Durham NC

Strike, Baltimore MD

Louie’s Bookstore Cafe, Baltimore MD