Botanic Notebook Collage

Hunter Hogan Statement 2025 For years I have used small collages as ideas for developing paintings, but am now adding collages directly into my paintings.The edges of the paper create subtle shifts in the underlying structure as well as the images. My process involves making prints of plants and working in layers with the positive and negative space. It has become a ritual to return with armloads of local plants, start making prints and see where that takes the painting.I am interested in the blurring of abstraction and representation and this distills my view of the landscape. The balance of warm and cool is important to me as is the structure and color harmony. My work is about transformation, connection, and how things go together. I have spent over 40 years in Western Colorado, mostly on farms and ranches, and each has shaped my perspective and voice. I’ve continued to study throughout my life and have worked with many great artists at Anderson Ranch. I have had an artists residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute and was an intern for Sheila hicks in Paris. My work has been in House Beautiful, Santa Barbara, and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles magazines. Although I never set out to focus on botanical forms, the prints I make from collected plants have led my work in a completely new direction, one firmly rooted in place, process and discovery