Celebrating the Heritage and Practices of Traditional Fine Arts Worldwide
Exhibitions
October 8 - December 10, 2021 Online Exhibition
A special thanks to Micah Christensen, renowned art historian and curator for selecting the 38 finalists displayed in this showcase.
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I love to capture the delicate beauty and colors of the desert in my paintings. My desert calms me with it's peace and beauty. I have been fortunate to have grown up in Twentynine Palms, California, and enjoy it's beauty through it's smallest desert animals to it's vast, open, colorful landscapes. I really enjoyed painting the cool purples and lavender's in my painting Rising Moon Over Joshua Tree to show the peace and calm that the desert embraces when the sun goes down.
A sundown, or a particularly vibrant cloud formation like this, can stir strong memories and emotions. For this reason, my landscape oil paintings are intended to create a mood rather than depict a scene with absolute precision. Anyone who sails has learned to watch the sky at ocean’s edge for a prediction of the weather to come. By focusing on a striking transitional late afternoon sunset, thereby narrating the quintessential coastal story, I aim to both seize the attention of the viewer and capture the sky’s arresting interplay of color, light and shadow across the darkening landscape below.
As a lifelong swimmer I was extremely frustrated during last year's COVID summer as all public pools were shuttered for months. I have been swimming indoors avoiding direct sun for years as I have serious issues with skin cancers. I remembered that one of my plein air painting buddies had an outdoor pool big enough to swim laps along side of this great stand of Kashmir Cyprus trees that provided the late afternoon comfort of shade, for which I was truly grateful.
My watercolor Enchanted Forest, brings back the most comforting and peaceful memories of my childhood. I spent days with my friends playing deep into the forest, walked miles upstream, got each other soaking wet and swam in the pond under the waterfall…I still remember the sent of the moist air filled with the thick plant smell, listening the sound of water hitting the rocks, watching the falling leaves floating through the creek, still feeling the coldness of the refreshing spring water running over my body. We laughed so hard and put all the worries behind us. Many years later we are still the best friends even live in different continents. I am grateful and cherish these memories. The forest is forever associated with comfort, friendship and gratitude.