New Works
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This winter was spent looking and re-looking. These works represent this time of reflection and my dive deeper into soul and meaning. I am forever grateful to Chateau Orquevaux for this blessed time.
The early psychologists taught us that everything we see and experience is altered by our emotions and personal experiences.
The Impressionists taught us that the world we see and the colors within it are created by light bouncing off the receptors in our eyes.
I believe both of these thoughts have merit.
In this series I am merging these two ideas by exploring “seeing” and a sense of place through the use of color, movement, and feeling.
“Whither resorting from the vernal heat
Shall old acquaintance old acquaintance greet,
Under the branch that leans above the wall
To shed his blossom over head and feet.”
– The Rubaiyat of Omar Al Khayyam
I am drawing upon this deep cultural lineage of connection to others through sharing tea. Each used tea bag is dried, carefully opened and cleaned, then hand-stitched together, and preserved in beeswax. The red thread also symbolizes connection, not only to each other, but also to our ancestors.
Nature has been pushed and pulled to its limits, leaving parts, pieces. What has always been a truth seems to be sliding into a new reality. With an abundance of optimism, a leap of faith, and unending flexibility, I watch the transformation.
This series is done using traditional oil painting methods with layer upon layer of paint, then it is often distorted, warped, or fragmented in some way. Each piece takes countless hours of work, so I imagine this series will grow slowly. Kind of like life.