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I paint outdoors for an authentic response to the visual world. This small piece was painted en plein air, on a windy day at the local canal. The wind created a rough texture on the water, reflecting blinding and sparkling light from the late summer sunset filtered through trees. The quick movement of the water and the changing light of the rapidly setting sun fractured the colors. For me, a painting is half of a wordless conversation with the viewer. I might hope to share my honest response to beauty, longing, contentment, disappointment, or unconscious reveries that can't be expressed with language, but resonate in images around and between us. Oil paint on wood panel, Varnished, Unframed
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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I respond to the contrast between soft and hard, round and angled, form and line, across the landscape and the human form, but the human element of vulnerability makes expression in the figure less abstract. While we project ourselves into the landscape, we project ourselves onto the figure. Paint or pencil -- the crook of a branch, the expanse of a field, the arrangement of planes, shadows, and colors -- perhaps creates a moment to contemplate, express, and share something authentic. A moment of connection that is rare with conversation. My art is just one human response to a brief moment in a world. There is no shortage of amazing landscapes in Oregon. I often paint landscapes in oil plein air (outdoors) or sometimes "van air" from my camper van. I work quickly and expressively to capture my impression of a scene. With oil paint, this means I work alla prima (direct wet-on-wet) but if it's a very hot dry day, those underlayers might dry a bit and I enjoy responding to the weather with dry-brush techniques as well. I also paint and draw from life on paper with watercolor or ink-wash, often adding acrylic accents or textures, and pen and ink. For me, this media invites a quainter expression of detail, line, and structure in scenes. Working with varied media keeps my eye fresh and helps me see what attracts me across varied modes of expression. Angles, Contrast. Texture, Atmosphere.
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