Valerie Painting

Alexandra Higgins 9 Woodside Avenue Mayfield, NY 12117 RE: Artist Statement for Alexandra Higgins My work for the past 30 years has been on one theme called “roots” which is about the garden, plants, flowers, women, the physical work involved in gardening and a combination of these. I am an oil painter, mixed media artist, singer/songwriter and gallery owner of “window to the Garden.” Overall, in my latest work, I developed a “series” from the original idea (in this case, light in the woods) to a body of work that can be viewed together. The subject was light captured during different times of the day and working from photographs. I am not much of a realist in terms of accuracy of image, but decided that my own interpretation of color and combination from those photos would work. This series, based on the nature and the Adirondack mountains, is called “Light in the Woods.” I am not looking to recreate nature or the photos (a photorealist painter) but instead, capture a nuance of color and light that I feel gives the best interpretation of my feelings about it. I relate this work to the “fauve” movement in Art History and the brilliance of color within the composition.