Artist Statement
Something happens to us all in nature. What is it? The mystical love and healing is seemingly invisible yet is so profoundly felt and the beauty… the beauty of trees and grasses, flowers and weeds lifts me and I feel love and a place to speak to angels and my higher self. Clearly there is a vast world of connectivity between the plants and I feel included in that connectivity when I walk open hearted in nature.
My drawings are from photographs I take on my walks. The scale of my drawings has been getting bigger over the years and it gives me this opportunity to explore the roots and tangled shapes of vines in a deeper way. I like showing vibrational energy between the plants I draw to show a more complex reality that exists in nature that is not really visible to the naked eye.
Music is a most important factor in what the lines are doing on the paper as well. The lines are guided by the music I play and the emotion I feel focussing intently on the photograph I am drawing.
I usually leave some part of the drawing in an unfinished state not only to create breathing space but also to not finish something that is alive, organic and ever changing.
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This project is made possible with funds from Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of New York State Council on the Arts
with support of the office of the Governor and the
NYS Legislature administered by CREATE Council on the Arts
Many thanks to Time & Space Ltd as the OSH 2024 fiscal sponsor and their past partnerships. We could not have done this without your support!
https://timeandspace.org
Open Studio Hudson is grateful to be the recipient of a New York State Council on the Arts 2024 Grant, facilitated by Create Council on the Arts. This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul.
Many thanks to Time & Space Ltd as the OSH 2024 fiscal sponsor and their past partnerships. We could not have done this without your support!