Here I am again, still making paintings. It is currently a difficult juggling act to accomplish this as many other commitments including my loving family are taking time also.

I showed twelve paintings with botanical specimens at the McPherson Theater and people seemed very fascinated and intrigued. Four paintings were sold. Collaging plants onto a painting surface could be construed as a rather “craftsy” thing to do so I felt truly challenged to pull this off in an abstract and painterly way. I think some people found this unacceptable as an art medium.

I am currently embedding plant material in the acrylic paint surface so the plants become part of the surface texture and ground of the painting. I am also doing a lot of drawing and plan to combine the drawing and painting together in the work.

This is a difficult time for me and my family as my 90 year old father is very ill in hospital.

Drawing has become my passion!

Kirsten

Husband of the Artist Statement:

As I walk through life, I pass by a multitude of marvelous and beautiful things. Kirsten stops; taking each moment as something precious that must be savored. And I, much later, have the opportunity to enjoy what I have passed by, and did not see.

Ross

Husband,Web Master, Patron, Photographer, Cataloguer,Framer, part time cook and house maid.

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