Evolution of our Art

Many of the art styles and concepts within these galleries have an evolutionary development…

Landscape Pastels

Detail and perspective may be developed in sketches:

Influenced by the Impressionists, these velvety soft, hand-made pastels were applied to sanded paper, to hold natural pigments. A ‘subtractive’ technique was utilized, lifting pastel to reveal light and definition.

Landscapes from another plain

Detail in these oil paintings reveal unusually large amounts of oil even on small brushes to roll textures upon canvas, rather than using synthetic acrylic impasto or modeling paste:

Landscapes with these textures are as if from another plain or not so parallel universe:

Windows

A study of Monet’s series on the path through the garden of Giverny led to seeing the image often in the center or end of the path as a window, gateway, or bridge to…

‘Windows’ can reveal much and take different forms:

Washes

The use of wash-like textures in graphic design…

…led to watercolour washes (or did watercolour washes influence graphic design):