Field Notes

Field Notes No. 2, acrylic on cradled birch panel, 12 x 12 inches

“I could certainly never mirror nature. I would more like to
paint what it leaves with me.”
~Joan Mitchell~

Back in January I made an entry in my art journal that I wanted to work on something “small, steady, and focused” with my painting. When looking over my progress from the previous year I felt that I was all over the place, trying out processes in many different directions. Which was all good and certainly worthwhile, but I felt it time to step back and redirect my attention. And so, the idea of a new series came about that I call Field Notes.

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