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Process

3/19/2018

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The only consistency with my painting process is that I like to mix things up. Changing up the process helps me keep things fresh. In this way new challenges are presented, and there are new problems to be solved.
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Journey, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches

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visual language and DNA

12/1/2017

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After The Rain, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
​For some time now my method for working on paintings has been to allow the composition to develop intuitively on the canvas. Choices of color happen naturally as well, perhaps influenced by the color of the season or even just the weather that day. And what has been happening in these compositions are vague references to landscape, particularly mountainous landscapes. At the outset of this exploration into abstraction I attributed this to my many years of living in these mountains and that these land forms have crept into my visual vocabulary. Now I am beginning to wonder if it doesn’t go even deeper than that. Perhaps it’s in my DNA.
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Fog Likely, acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12 inches

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setting goals and working in a series

11/3/2017

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I began the month of October with the goal of completing a series of small abstract paintings that celebrate the color and texture of Autumn. I also had in mind to experiment with process.
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After a base coat from my "gray jar" onto the six 8 x 8 inch panels, I then applied  vibrant color to serve as a contrast for further layers.

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never content

10/12/2017

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Abundance, acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 inches
There's a lot to be said for contentment. Yet when it comes to my art I am never content. As soon as I figure something out, instead of being satisfied, I am out looking for the next puzzle to solve. And I can't seem to let go of this theme of abstracted landscape, nor do I want to. This puzzle is about the challenge of the elements of composition and color from an intuitive inner landscape that is influenced by the landscape of my home in these mountains. 
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End of Summer Blues, acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 inches

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Landscape Memory

9/8/2017

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Landscape has a secret and silent memory, a narrative of presence
where nothing is ever lost or forgotten.
 
~John O'Donohue~ Anam Cara
This summer I did  a total studio clean out and reorganization in preparation for hosting a few private students here in my cozy studio space. Just one of the many benefits of cleaning and reorganizing is finding long forgotten items and seeing their potential relative to your current process of working.
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Long before the use of digital photography I kept a tin box as storage for potential reference photos. I organized them into broad categories - water, sky, and trees.  Anything else was just dumped into the box. 

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Explore series

8/7/2017

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It's August already! There is something special to me about August and to celebrate I have something special to share with you. (To find out what that is read to the end of this post.)  July was a busy month for me in my studio. I am still adjusting to the new routine of having private students one day a week. It is so inspiring to be teaching again, especially such bright and eager learners! And while I have been working out the details of teaching art I have also been exploring working methods for myself, as the process of creating is never stagnant. One solution only leads to more questions, a curiosity that I never seem to satisfy.

I felt I needed to step back from larger works and works on canvas and spend some time in exploration of process. For me that involved working on paper with various mixed water media along with acrylic paint.  ​With each painting I tried a little something different, whether materials or simply the application, I changed something with each one.  
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I did paint one canvas along with the paper series, however I kept my inspiration the same throughout. My paintings are responses to these Blue Ridge Mountains, the changing color of the undulating landscape, it's foliage, including, of course, the Christmas tree farms dotting the hillsides. 

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the month of June

7/3/2017

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Undercurrent, acrylic on paper, 11 x 17 inches
I spent the month of June working with ideas, sketches, color palette, and shapes gathered from our stay at Edisto in May.

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Edisto part 1

6/1/2017

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We spent a wonderfully recharging two weeks at our beloved Edisto Island. In order to share all of the images from the trip that I would like, I will divide them into two posts.  This first group features plein air watercolor paintings. For these paintings I had with me a 10 x 14 inch Arches watercolor block and a 9 x 12 Kilimanjaro watercolor sketchbook that had only a few pages left unpainted. 

​The painting above was done at Edisto Beach State Park. Although the campground is still closed due to last fall's hurricane damage the park itself is still a beautifully peaceful place to spend an afternoon.
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This is one of the many marsh views from a small park on Jungle Road.

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