I usually spend time in New Mexico in October but this year it seemed that the trip would not be possible. So I was not planning on it. However, several things fell into place such that I am able to make a short trip this year. One of the big motivations for the trip is that I have two paintings in a show in Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos and the opening is the same weekend when several of my good friends will already be there. So in 2 weeks I can spend time with them and also see the show. God is good.
Jana Van Wyk - Artist
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Dreams of New Mexico
I usually spend time in New Mexico in October but this year it seemed that the trip would not be possible. So I was not planning on it. However, several things fell into place such that I am able to make a short trip this year. One of the big motivations for the trip is that I have two paintings in a show in Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos and the opening is the same weekend when several of my good friends will already be there. So in 2 weeks I can spend time with them and also see the show. God is good.
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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Henry Ward Beecher. This is my journey of dipping my brush into my own soul and painting what I find. I have a passion for our American West and those landscapes are my primary focus. But, averaging 6-8 weeks of travel a year, I will paint whereever I am. I usually paint on location, i.e. plein air, but also revel in taking a plein air study and my photographs and using them to create a large, more thoughtful, studio work. In addition to bold brushwork and vibrant color, the power of the composition is becoming more important to my work. The work of Vincent Van Gogh, Maynard Dixon, Edgar Payne, Birger Sandzen, and Walt Gonske has been a huge inspiration to me.
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