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Beyond honored to be a part of this process show “Art Outside” with these two amazing artists, Valerie and Landis. Our Art Outside meetups have stirred this creativity inside me that has been screaming to get out! And without this process I would have never embarked on such large, “abstract” pieces.
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Over the past few months, the three of us have adopted a simple practice: taking our art supplies into the landscape and creating directly within it. We sit with the elements, observing, sketching, painting, and allowing the environment to guide the experience. The process is quiet and intentional. It asks us to slow down, to notice, and to be present without judgment. We take what resonates and leave what does not.
For me, my attention often returns to the water, the way ripples move across the surface, how light shifts within them, and how they meet the shoreline in constant conversation, reshaping the landscape over time. These moments of observation become studies and fragments of inspiration that I later carry back to the studio.
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The work that emerges is shaped by these experiences: by time spent sitting, watching, and listening to the subtle rhythms of the natural world. What begins as a moment outside becomes a piece that holds that presence. A quiet reminder to pause, observe, and reconnect with the elements around us. I want the pieces I create from these experiences to give the viewer that gift of a simple, shifting, calming moment in nature.
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