I am an artist. I notice things you don’t even think about. You see people, places and things. I see pieces of the whole: lights, shapes and colors. My composition and your interpretations of the pieces challenge you to see the world from my point of view, in essence changing your world view.
Squared
I want you, the viewer, to absorb and experience the wonders of the natural world. Artists don’t paint “things”. We paint the final conclusion of what light and distance does to those “things”. In a way, art is the ART-i-ficial way of recreating nature.
In Kindergarten the census for artists was 100%. As critics and enthusiasm to create the “masterpiece” increase the population of artists decreased. No one can put a brush in their hand and call themselves an artist. The art must come from a level of skill, technique and passion. At every stage of becoming an artist I had those “questions and doubts” to fight the tendencies to over think and criticize my work “Is this the best I can do?” “How do I feel about this subject”?
Hays Hill House
As a child and young adult, I had not formal art education. As I matured into a mother and wife there was no time to learn and devote money and energy to learning how to paint a face. I had many faces to clean and feed.
I find that I am more involved with nature now. I see flowers when other people see weeds. I see colors in sunsets when nobody around me even notices. Art has made me a citizen of the world. It has made me active in what happens to our world. Artists whether they be musicians, writers, sculptors etc. are the caretakers of the world. We are a useful group. We cannot be ignored. Artists must lead the way. I am doing my part
