Ojai Mountain Trail 3 Painting

This painting was inspired by hiking in the Los Padres Mountains and explores their regeneration after the big fires of 2017. The mountains became very stark and sculptural. After the first rains lovely greens and yellows lit up the scorched mountains. In this painting a rocky trail leads the viewer up and over a hillside. A lone mountain bike stands under a tree, hinting at a human presence. This painting is on a wood panel and it is ready to hang. In my work I seek to create a strong sense of place and person, based on my perceptual memories, how I experience nature and my immediate surroundings. I live in Ojai, California a very beautiful small valley surrounded by tall mountains about 10 miles from the Pacific ocean.These mountains, trees, chaparral, cactus and sky vary from lush to arid and are a continuous source of inspiration. I also do some dance and am fascinated by the figure, its shapes and how it relates to nature and architecture. I usually generate ideas by drawing and painting studies in a very intuitive way from memory . I then go into a second phase of commitment to a composition by creating stencil shapes from my drawings, Next, I use rollers filled with color to apply the paint. I enjoy seeing the crisp decisive edge, housing the subtle texture of the rolled on paint and the somewhat flattened print-like effect that ensues. This challenging process forces me to simplify and think more like a printmaker, with the emphasis on line, movement and color. I hold a MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Painting and Sculpture from UC Santa Cruz

Painting:Acrylic on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:22 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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