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.
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Full Moon in the Forest / Ink and Paint on Museum Board, 14 x 11 in., 2024
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Mycelium / Ink and Colored Pencil on Museum Board, 8 x 10 in., 2024
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Shoreline / Colored Pencil on Paper, 12 x 18 in., 2024
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Forest Floor Nest / Colored Pencil on Paper, 12 x 13 in., 2024
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Chanterelles / Paint on paper on canvas, 11 x 11 in., 2024
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Nature Study, Triptych / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 in. each, 2018
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Nature Study II / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 16 in., 2009
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Spring Garden, Triptych / Acrylic on panel, 48 x 16 in., 2013
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Nature Study I / Acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 in., 2009
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Crane and Flowers / Acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 in., 2013
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Birds in Garden / Acrylic on panel, 36 x 36 in., 2013
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Solstice / Encaustic on panel, 6 x 6 in., 2009
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Hummingbird and Flowers / Acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 in., 2018
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Into the Woods / Oil, acrylic and collage on canvas, 20 x 40 in., 2018
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Hummingbird and Grapes, Diptych / Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in. each, 2018
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