Stofer Gallery – Art

Some painters turn the sun into a yellow spot, others turn a yellow spot into the sun – Pablo Picasso

It is no accident that the Gulf Islands are home to many creative people. Artists, like anyone else, must focus to get any work done. Distractions abound! Here, I feel a sense of peace.

“Playing with intent” is in my nature. I observe intensely and respond visually. Rather than immediately recording what I see, I let things percolate, then they can emerge later in the studio, having gone through the filter of my imagination. Thus I paint largely from memory.
Elements of the composition reveal themselves as the work progresses. I respond mark by mark.
For me painting is an intuitive process, enriched by experience.
It requires attention and self scrutiny, combined with work, repetition, consideration and revision.
I love the process of grappling with painterly issues, am delighted by gesture and colour.
Everything, even inanimate objects express a gesture or attitude. It is the first thing we notice even from afar.
That person is angry. That dog is frightened. That chicken is ….astonishing!