NATURE STUDIES
Statement
The surface textures of the paintings were inspired by the faded colors and partially visible images of old painted walls in the cathedrals and chateaux of France. The paintings are rendered as panels that can be hung singly, side by side, or attached as a screen. In creating this series, I have been influenced by the Nabis and the French Symbolist painter, Odilon Redon, both in their connection with Japanese decorative art and screen painting, and in their evocation of a primordial, mysterious natural world.
Full Moon in the Forest / Ink and Paint on Museum Board, 14 x 11 in., 2024
Mycelium / Ink and Colored Pencil on Museum Board, 8 x 10 in., 2024
Shoreline / Colored Pencil on Paper, 12 x 18 in., 2024
Forest Floor Nest / Colored Pencil on Paper, 12 x 13 in., 2024
Chanterelles / Paint on paper on canvas, 11 x 11 in., 2024
Nature Study, Triptych / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 in. each, 2018
Nature Study II / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 16 in., 2009
Spring Garden, Triptych / Acrylic on panel, 48 x 16 in., 2013
Nature Study I / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 in., 2009
Crane and Flowers / Acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 in., 2013
Birds in Garden / Acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 in., 2013
Solstice / Encaustic on panel, 6 x 6 in., 2009
Hummingbird and Flowers / Acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 in., 2018
Into the Woods / Oil, acrylic and collage on canvas, 20 x 40 in., 2018
Hummingbird and Grapes, Diptych / Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in. each, 2018
