self taught painter
I am called ARTRAGEOUS because I am a self taught professional artist. I began making art as a young girl. I paint from the inside out and I am drawn in and mesmerized by the artistic method through which the imagination is visually realized. I am inspired by poignant and tender thoughts and emotions rather than rational ideas of what to paint.My color palette and sense of light captures the life, mood and feelings which hypnotize me as it reveals something that cannot be expressed in words! My art speaks of a passionate creative process of intense reflection and perception that comes alive in pronounced layers and strokes of paint. I find myself moving my paint brush, not on the canvas but upon the image of women and children, imparting myself to connect with their soul and to form an intimate bond between myself and the subject matter. Therefore, the women and children I paint have an extraordinary presence and sense of wholeness. My paintings invite the viewer to a visual feast of life, to contemplate imagination, a memory of love and loss. The common thread in my work is the spirit taking form through my paintings. Look carefully, you will hear the silent words coming within me! I share an art studio with 30 other artists and I have a small studio set up against a huge window in my home! Without the paint on my brushes, without the image I paint there would be no me as I live and breath the women and children on my canvas! I am blessed to have many collectors of my work and cannot keep a finished painting in my studio! I never thought anything of money could be a part of my art as I painted for joy, for love!
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