Artist's Statement
I paint because I revel in the feel of the brush, filled with color, touching the canvas. While painting, I am energized and tranquilized simultaneously. Painting is therapeutic meditation for my spirit and mends my soul by the surprises of color on canvas when my intuitive aesthetic feelings say, “Stop here….Stop now.”
The dominant metaphor for my art is life itself. My non-representational/abstract paintings begin with a serene core, which develops with layers of expression; while my figurative art begins with fleeting moments in time. All of my work interprets my own view of life…..our frailties, our humor, our sexuality, and just how much alike we all really are.
My earlier avocation as an art therapist, author, and illustrator positioned me well to tell stories on canvas. I hope your own memories and emotions will blend with my compositions to make you stop for a minute; discern your own interpretation from the canvas; and to think about our similarities without regard to social prejudices of race, gender, or age.
After all, we have the gift of life and the art to color it.
The dominant metaphor for my art is life itself. My non-representational/abstract paintings begin with a serene core, which develops with layers of expression; while my figurative art begins with fleeting moments in time. All of my work interprets my own view of life…..our frailties, our humor, our sexuality, and just how much alike we all really are.
My earlier avocation as an art therapist, author, and illustrator positioned me well to tell stories on canvas. I hope your own memories and emotions will blend with my compositions to make you stop for a minute; discern your own interpretation from the canvas; and to think about our similarities without regard to social prejudices of race, gender, or age.
After all, we have the gift of life and the art to color it.
"As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life."
The Pleasures of Life
by
Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avery
[1834-1913]
The Pleasures of Life
by
Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avery
[1834-1913]
