Finding Ground
Blue Ground lV 12 x 9 Acrylic and Drawing Media on Paper
“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”
Finding ground and dreaming big - a journey in abstract art for the month of May. And Kittens.
New Works: Blue Ground Series
I’ve been asking myself lately what it means to be an artist. My attempt to answer this question has opened up an inquiry that more questions than answers. (Like any good inquiry). I spend a lot of time in nature here on the coast of Maine, filling myself up with the beauty of the natural landscape. Then I begin to wonder, am I in the landscape, or is the landscape in me? Some of both I imagine. Inhale the world around me; with my breath, through my senses. Exhale a blended unified expression. Does this change the landscape? Does it energize the space? Move, draw, photograph, paint, notice. Not necessarily in that order…
I don’t do a lot of sketching on location, preferring to bring it back into my studio and let it infuse and infiltrate my work. What I noticed about this series is my desire to have more structure, more ground. The result is the Blue Ground series.
You can view all the pieces in the Artwork Archive Gallery
June Event Alert: New Works and Artist Talk
In celebration of our relaxed pandemic standards, I’m opening my studio to visitors in June. I would love to have you stop by and say hello!
If you would like invitations to special events, and first look at new work, you can join me here
In The Art World:
A new Van Gogh? How exciting.
Exhibition News:
My piece ‘Rewilding’ was juried into the Wild Things exhibition at River Arts Gallery and received some mention in the Press While I mostly paint non-objectively, with no desire to represent a subject, sometimes they do begin to appear, and if they insist -I allow them to stay.
Good Art People: Where I find Artists doing good
Brushstrokes With Impact, founded by my friend Maria Castellano-Usery’s has raised over $11,000 for organizations in the local community. She paints from her sweet little sugar shack. You can follow her progress on Instagram @brushstrokesbymaria ; she’s such an inspiration!
““The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ”
Meet Our New Kitties
Ojai (oh hi) Romeo and Bella Blue
They are a world of love and fun!