I admire abstract art. A collection of shapes and colours on a page that can be so captivating.
I am working on several series, incorporating abstraction into my favourite subjects: gardens, the ocean, heritage homes. It’s a fun approach to painting, and very refreshing to move away from purely representational painting.
I can clearly recall one art teacher asking rhetorically, “Why would you try and paint nature exactly as it already is? No one can make nature better than itself. Find your unique voice and paint the world around you from your own way of seeing.”