A River’s Island, acrylic on canvas, 36” square, 2022. After living in the west for decades, to see bountiful water…so much so that the earth is saturated and green. The thick sauna of the air replaces the lack of dryness and smells of smoke, once known to me, which now seem so foreign. The golden views of western grasses, the knarled trees, the parched earth, the patches of rare blue bodies of water are now experientially replaced by the thick air of swamps, multiple lakes, streams, green mossed trees and soft views of hazed blue and coloured light. Yet, the plein air impressionist hues that once graced my mind looking at other Californian artists work are still in my influenced mind, so I have intuitively infused that palette with the naturalistic browns and olives of the American southern landscape in an indirect method of painting.
The second painting (in-progress) entitled River Island Pond, acrylic on canvas, 36” square, 2022. Using watercolour techniques of layering washes and thin glazes of color, this painting informs the viewer of late afternoon’s reflection, light and stillness on a small body of water.
A River’s Island, 36” square, acrylic on canvas. 2022.
River Island Pond, 36” square, acrylic on canvas. 2022.
Western South Carolina’s Edge, 36” square, acrylic on canvas. 2023.
In-progress small works: 9” x 12” acrylic on canvas.