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Artist Statement
Some people think watercolor is the least forgiving of all the mediums. Others believe water paintings fads and do not last the way acrylics and oils do. I believe both are untrue. Turner's paintings of the 1800's are as fresh as any oil of that period. The reason I have concentrated on watercolor is that I continually discover new surprises when I paint with watercolor, from delicate washers of color to heavy impasto effects. I have learned to use realistic paintings of landscapes as a road to focus on abstract painting. I feel most free when I compose an abstract painting that has a dimensionality as well as variations of value and color. I have learned to use my brush applying several colors and shadings in one stroke. Abstract painting has the same challenges as a landscape: composition, line, and use of color.
Artist Biography:
Painting has been a part of my life. When I entered college I had my first opportunity to take professional level courses. At the Cincinnati Art Museum I entered a class in which there was a progression form black and white drawing to acrylics, oils, and finally watercolor. It was then that I became entranced with watercolor painting. That was before I married, had children and worked. Even with these primary involvements, I found some time to paint. On family vacations, for instance, I had my paint brushes safely tucked away in my carry-on bag. I set up my paints while the children swam or played whether on the beach, in the Berkshires or wherever we were. We moved to Lexington in 1957, and I live in the same house we bought that year.
Locally I have painted scenes in Concord's Wildlife Sanctuary, beaches along the Western Massachusetts shoreline, Berkshires, and Lexington. As I have traveled, I have painted landscapes in Zion National Park, Colorado's Mountains, Alaska, New Zealand, South Afirca, Netherlands, China, Japan, Norway's coast, Stockholm, and Italy.
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