These watercolor and mixed media paintings reflect a convergence of traditional landscape painting and modernist pictorial exploration. I am a painter who uses layers of color to suggest real objects and places. I wish to convey a sense of space and flowing movement in the landscape. The paintings are composed of areas of color that flow into each other and flood the entire sheet of paper. I want the viewer to see the translucent aspect of the work through to the pencil work underneath down to the texture of the paper.
For me watercolor is a graphic medium where you can see the process. The process becomes the subject. The painting is as much about this process as the things that are depicted. Watercolor really allows me to get in touch with the kinetic aspect of seeing and marking which in turn culminates in a richer landscape vision.
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