Fleeting Seasons Collection

INSIDE THE SKETCHBOOK 2024

THE LANDSCAPES

The inspiration for this collection came in late January. We were having gloriously heavy downfalls of snow - and let's face it, pretty much everything is more enchanting with a layer of powdery snow.

I immediately wanted to capture the beauty of the snow, but not exactly as I saw it. I challenged myself to use unexpected colors, depicting familiar scenes in an unlikely way.

Each one became a meditation of color.

FIELD TRIP 1 : A nearby park.

When the weather warmed up, my collection evolved even further, this time into a lesson of impermanence.  

Snow melted into mud and my landscapes adapted. Though my subject was admittedly not as beautiful, I was challenged to find the magic in the mundane.

FIELD TRIP 2 : A nearby hiking trail

During my research for this collection, I learned how to see the splendor in my own surroundings.

Enchanted by places in my own backyard that I otherwise would have totally missed. 

These paintings taught me that nothing is permanent and nothing lasts forever. Connecting my meditations of color to a meditation of awareness.

THE MINI ABSTRACTS

I worked on these mini abstracts alongside my landscapes, using the leftover paint from my palette.

Each one became is a color study of its own and furthered my explorations of mark making and expressive brushstrokes.