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This page was last updated on: 23 May, 2009
ARTIST STATEMENT
Watercolor is my chosen medium because it offers me the ability to express translucent light and sparkling shadows like nothing else I have tried. Watercolor is like magic for creating the feeling of light!
Signature Member of Transparent Watercolor Society of America
Visit Watercolor Mania my personal blog for updates on what I am doing in everyday life as well as art. There you will also find several step by step paintings. I am hoping somehow it can become a forum to answer your questions and set up a dialog with other artists who love watercolor!
I now have cards for sale! You can view them here!
"A Passion For Peonies" was purchased while in the drawing stage. It was hopefullygoing to become a competiton piece but the purchase won out! I really love this one and think it is one of my best peony paintings to date. These peonies were in the garden of my friend Susan Hoosier who has since moved to Washington. I will greatly miss her peonies and her!
"Waterworks" is 9"x30" and really was a joy to paint. I had alot of fun doing all the rusty areas and creating the license plates were created for a personal touch. The one starting with UND is for the U. of North Dakota where I graduated and the blue B is for Bemidji, the town where I now live. I also added a tag for 3-20 my birthday. It is always fun to add things that make it personal to me.
"Sweetpeas" is a full sheet watercolor from a picture I took in my garden. Every time I plant them I am overwhelmed by their wonderful smell and promise myself to plant them again. My object in this painting was to compose a rather abstract piece by making the vines become more of the focal point then the flowers. This sets up a nice pattern of shapes that I find quite interesting.
"Recognition" is a painting of my daughter Suzy. She was visiting the Newport, Oregon Aquarium and had this wonderful connection with this sea otter. It is as if they recognize each other as friends. The challenge was the glass of the aquarium to make it seem frosty and full of water condensation but that was the fun part as well! I loved the fact that her angora hat mimiced his fur and the hood on her jacket mimiced the water. I felt this all led to a unified painting that flowed together well.
You may purchase a signed copy of my book,"A Celebration of Light" for $30 by purchasing it here.
This painting, "Rejoice" is featured in the May issue of the American Art Collector magazine.
