“Waters’ Colours is a growing body of photographic work about
water. As I study water, I have observed how waters’ colours have
influenced many artists from the glass artists of Murano, to this
wonderful building created by Antoni Gaudi. Water has influenced
the work of Gustav Klimit, Willem De Kooning, Savador Dali and
many others. Water, ever changing and fluid, each new force
creates a ripple, of pure potential.”
This body of work “Waters’ Colours” is very abstract, colorful, and
playful. It is drawn from reflections and is very reflective.
I was born a few hundred feet from “the Big Spring” in Bellefonte,
PA, a spring that originally gave Bellefonte its name (Beautiful
Fountain). Since birth, environmental awareness, the environment,
water and water pollution problems have ebbed and flowed
throughout my life. My interests are broad and diverse: Ancient
civilizations, customs, cultures, myths, legends, rituals, (sometimes
religions) and the people creating and living within and effected by
these broader themes interest me, and my work as well as the
environment and environmental pollution issues. My work usually is
about social issues… This work however is free from issues… It is
about color, form, contemplation and reflection. It is about learning
from and seeing water.
As I look at the water I can see how many artists through time have
been influenced by water. Forms in some of these pieces remind
me of Savador Dali, Gustav Klimit, the glass of Murano, Florence
paper making and print making.
