
I am purging years of pent up creativity with unadulterated glee.
That's it - no rhyme or reason to it. I make whatever I feel like whenever I feel like it.
I'm not building a second career here, I paint for the sheer love of it.
I play with whatever I can get my hands on, doing everything I've wanted to try for years. I love using recycled materials for collage and to paint on and with. Sometimes I love finicky work - I do so love that! - and sometimes I just want to scratch and splash. I also knit and I quilt and occasionally they find their way into my 'paintings'. I am deeply interested in art history and love art books,
For me the journey is nine tenths of the game. That is also the philosophy that guides me as an instructor / facilitator: I am not about stepping through a sequence to a product. I am about 'you doing you' like I do me.
My process is intuitive - just take what's on the table and start problem solving. My own art is mostly inspired by botanical shapes and landscapes - but I really want to get conceptual. It's a learning curve. Nature captures my imagination. But I also like to make compositions with people that show emotion and relationships. Most of my work settles somewhere between representationalism and abstraction.
I enjoy participating in art groups, taking art classes, volunteering for community art events and teaching.
My art activity has enriched my life immeasurably through the connections it has given me. A creative life is a rich life.
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