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"Aspen Whispers"






"Aspen Whispers"
Large Box Frame Canvas / 72”W x 48”H x 2”D
Sheets of Handmade Paper-Gelled onto-and Painted on Canvas. Adorned with Acrylic Paint and Metallic Pigments
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“Aspen Whispers” is my abstract interpretation of the experience of walking in the Colorado forest-in an aspen grove in particular. There’s the emotional side, which for me is marveling at the awe-inspiring beauty of nature. Then there’s the tactile side, which is an overwhelming need touch everything. The bark of the trees, the yellow leaves and the need to just sit in that space as long as you can. 

Many artists are inspired by nature and create amazing pieces ranging from sublime realism to a more abstract interpretation but with a recognizable subject matter.  I chose to go the more abstract route and have done versions of the same rendition of aspens painted on handmade paper more than 8 times with different large-scale works. This was my first piece in the “Aspen Whispers” series. In this piece, the handmade paper has ropes of thin twine covering the whole piece in texture; texture that you can’t help but want run your fingers over.  The paint used to cover the surface of canvas and paper has an “uncontrolled” feel to it, but was done in a “controlled” way.  

This particular one was done in the softer and warmer colors of fall. But with a bleached out version of “the sun shining through” so just like anything in direct sunlight, it has a more anemic or whitewashed palate.  The little color that is seen is of soft greens representing the surrounding evergreens in an abstract depiction.  The aspen’s leaves are painted with a gold metallic pigment.  The reflective quality gives the art a sense of movement like “shining, shimmering leaves blowing in the wind.”

Colorado and all it’s many versions will always be a source of inspiration and my number one muse.  I honestly can’t see myself living anywhere else. 

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