Misty Blue Painting

My multi-layered and elaborate compositions create imagined environments using various forms. The improvisational quality of my painting stems from my response to organic compounds found in natural environments. These forms are derived from plants mined from forested, uncultivated areas of the forest floor. The gestural shapes and lush color promote analysis over time in these richly dense compositions. The work persuades the viewer to self-reflect in a time of isolation. As I work, I let the media lead, and then I respond. As I add paint, I make choices on where to go or what to do next. Almost like terraforming. I start to build these layers into complex atmospheres that hold pockets for the viewer to explore. For me, painting is a process of letting go and escaping. These spaces become sacred because of their intimacy. Each mark and layer of color is a reaction to the world around me. Adding, subtracting, covering, revealing, the process is one of discovery. In these large paintings, which are oil on canvas, light comes from the background to promote a sense of journey. The viewer must find their way through the dark foreground to get to the light, much like daily life. Depression has been a big obstacle in my own life, and painting has always been the main method of therapy for me. By creating spaces that promote juxtaposition of light and dark, it gives me a place to explore and process my thoughts and provides reprieve from daily struggles. These worlds of light and dark that I create are intended to speak to the journey of their own making and to the power and mystery of nature.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 30 H x 1 D in

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