In 2014 I visited a musuem that inspired me to pick up the medium of gouache. Gouache (gwash) is like watercolor but has different binders that make it opaque & chalky. I discovered a stationary weather camera that served as my inspiration. Removing many of the myriad decisions to be made at the start of any finished work, I could focus on mastering the medium. Each image in this series started with this drawing as it’s base architecture.
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
3.5 x 5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2014 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015 (sold)
3 x 5.5” Gouache on Arches Board ©2015
Find it in the shop! 28 image filled pages of the Weather Pattern project with actual size images. Book measures 6 x 7.75” and retails for $15.95
Bio/Mass: Contemporary Meditations on Nature
April 17 - September 5, 2021
Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA
Artists are observers and interpreters of what they see around them, whether it is a social concern, the natural world, the built environment or their own unique vision. Often artists work in series, exploring a particular topic as they deeply observe their subject over time. For artists, this repetition can serve both as a meditative practice and a means of learning and understanding.
These artists have transformed their fascination with deep observations of their individual environments into works that help us to see the beauty in the details of our world, celebrating both quiet and dramatic moments in nature.