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Making art for me has always been a conversation between me and the emerging image. Recently, the genesis of those images has been the natural world—first representing the sea and most recently the forest. One of the most difficult parts of the dialogue is how to open it—how to establish a visual rhythm while finding the footing—the groundwork in which to move it forward. Here is where the collaboration begins in earnest: working from memory and personal in-the-field photos, I begin to build the surface, first with drawing, then color. A back and forth ensues with the medium at hand—adding, rubbing out, reapplying again and again—until a balance of color and shape begins to form, guiding the way to a completed composition. The expectation is that the newly revealed image will be recognized as an authentic encounter with the subject. The goal, however is not to make a more perfect, idealized version. It is to re-imagine and transform it, and yet be able to see the footprint of its origin. |
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