IN MY GARDEN AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA by Rowena Perkins
On Exhibit: September 3 - September 15
Opening Reception:
ARTIST BIO:
I make paintings on panels and paper.
My landscape, still life, garden, and figurative paintings are inspired by the things that humans live with, inside and outside, in an objective, physical sense, as well as in the subjective ways of the soul.
The landscape images reveal the unforgettable, extreme tides, breathtaking sunrises and sunsets; the celebrated engagement with the layers of the land at the edges of the sea. Within these distinctive visas, I explore the realms of hope and possibility, timeless and extraordinary moments if the natural world.
The still life, garden and floral images disclose the eternal, ever-present aspects of transformation and change, encapsulated in each brushstroke. The captivating stillness of home, calm and rejuvenating, lingers in my memories. People impact their environment and vice-versa; life, death, and all their phenomena and manifestations.
Whether I am painting the magnificent hues across the ocean and the bay, or the immediate colors of my surroundings, it is always about the transformative power of the painted mark. I want to draw out the expressiveness of the world within, discovering something new and exciting in the process.