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see my work exhibited in Winter Salon at Gallery 1781 in Chicago through January 28, 2023
Bouquet, 50 x 160 inches installed in Gallery 1781, exhibition, Chicago 2022
INTIMATE MEDITATIONS ON LANDSCAPE WHILE LOOKING UP
My fascination with branches and leaves originated from a week I spent at a rural meditation retreat in the 90’s. Spring was slowly awakening the landscape from its winter bareness. For hours each day I sat next to a window, in silence. As my city mindset quieted, I was transfixed as tender buds and leaves daily transformed a gnarly elm tree outside. My paintings evoke the immediacy of that experience. My hand slowly reanimates the twisting and branching line of a tree limb, the subtle curve of a bamboo stalk, or the concentric marks radiating out from a single stone dropped into still water.
My painting practice is to work with paint pigments suspended in an aqueous mix. I pour sweep, brush, drip, and fling layers of paint. I coax pools of paint into translucent veils of color and layer one over the other. Often, I have anchored these ephemeral elements with gestural marks, stripes, and blocks of color.
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The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love
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