My work has taken a slightly different turn this year. I've decided to listen to my inner musing concerning how and what to paint. You see, I'm a self-taught painter. For years I've done pastel painting. I enjoyed the rich immediacy of the medium and spent many happy hours painting landscapes. But the dust finally got to me. And I don't enjoy having the cover my artwork in glass in order to preserve it. Pastel is a very fragile medium.
So I decided to try a new medium. Oil painting is what I have been doing for the past five years. It's my absolute passion. I've studied volumes of books and works of other artists in order to teach myself the art of oil painting. Now I'm at a point where I'm painting from within. I paint from what I know. I feel my way along. The painting is coming from inside of me.
I have always been inspired by the subject of waterlilies. And, of course, I'm a huge fan of Claude Monet. I am impacted by his use of color more than anything. I can understand his obsession with the subject and why he painted hundreds of waterlily paintings. I've begun my own series of waterlily paintings. There are seven so far. But now I can't seem to stop. The subject is endlessly fascinating!
