So last summer, my family took a hike through Rickett's Glenn State Park on the Falls Trail, where we took a 3.2 mile loop to see 21 different falls. Just to say that a waterfall is water flowing down hill. So we hiked down one side and up the other. Each fall was extremely beautiful - a picture taking extravaganza.
Since then I have been painting water. Still water, flowing water, oceans... I am attracted to photographs of water and when I have been hiking recently, those are the scenes that I seek out. The picture isn't quite right if there isn't a river or stream involved. I think that my husband's love of water is catching. He wants to be near, on, and in water. We have remodeled the downstairs bathroom to include a large tub and waterfall inspired tile motif (it's cooler than it sounds). We hike along rivers. We dream of sailing oceans.
So I have been experimenting with seasons (Wissahickon series) and mood with my water (June Gloom) and always with color (all paintings). Water is worth painting.
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Since then I have been painting water. Still water, flowing water, oceans... I am attracted to photographs of water and when I have been hiking recently, those are the scenes that I seek out. The picture isn't quite right if there isn't a river or stream involved. I think that my husband's love of water is catching. He wants to be near, on, and in water. We have remodeled the downstairs bathroom to include a large tub and waterfall inspired tile motif (it's cooler than it sounds). We hike along rivers. We dream of sailing oceans.
So I have been experimenting with seasons (Wissahickon series) and mood with my water (June Gloom) and always with color (all paintings). Water is worth painting.
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha