Stepping Into the Idea of Abstracted Landscapes

Agate 24” X 24” X 1.5”

This past fall I went on a mother-daughter trip to the American Southwest. We both love this part of the country and so we set off to do some hiking, adventuring and inspired retail therapy among the colors of Arizona and New Mexico.

I came home with the inspiration bubbling inside of me and the desire to paint landscapes was very strong. I don’t usually paint landscapes. In fact, I’ve never painted landscapes. The results are not exactly landscapes - I like to think of them as an artist’s response to experiencing a landscape.

The color palette was based on the colors of agate formed in the petrified wood of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park.

Petrified trees are strewn everywhere and the colors range from red, yellow, green and blue to a beautiful deep black. Like nothing you’ve every seen before.

We also visited White Sands National Park in New Mexico and Saguaro National Park in Arizona- but those series will have to wait for another day. If you want to check out the series, you can click the button below.

Thanks for visiting the blog. With the great case being made for vitamin D - perhaps you will take the opportunity to get outside in one of our national parks. I highly recommend it.

Please feel free to comment or share your national park, park or outdoor experiences. Since I’ve only just begun to try using landscape as inspiration, I’d love to hear how it inspires you.

Blue Mesa Trail 13.25” X 13.25” X 2.5”