From an early age, while traveling and living in various places, I spent a majority of my time beach combing and exploring the countryside. These formative years of observation instilled a passion to capture the natural world through my art.
While attending college in Southern California, my first artistic job was cartoonist for the campus newspaper. After moving to the Pacific Northwest I worked in the graphic arts field including freelance illustrator for major publishing companies. Eventually, inspired by the impressionist style, I produced landscape paintings for private collectors, public corporations, and galleries.
In the intervening years, I partnered with my husband and formed a decorative painting business. The job entailed designing and painting large-scale murals for businesses and residential homes. During this venture, my goals turned toward writing and illustration for children's books.
Working from my studio in the Pacific Northwest as a dedicated fine art painter for more than twenty-five years, I now find myself at a crossroads. Until recently, paintings produced in 2006 dealt with the play of light and shadow on the regional landscape. References originated from travels and personal photographs, while technique employed simplistic compositions through the use of acrylic. As a result, the subject both emphasized remoteness and introduced tranquility.
Following on from this my focus generated a different perspective. A new body of work going beyond previous formulas and, in its place, exploration into the imaginary. Dreams and memory create settings that transmit intimate details of people's everyday lives. Using casein color, my process develops through intricate layers of brushstrokes. On closer inspection, there exists on the surface a subtle nuance similar to pastel. With this artistic endeavor the viewer is offered a few moments of contemplation in an otherwise fast pace world.
Another exciting development can be followed on my new blog Ink Vanilla where I will be creating drawings in my moleskine books. So nowadays I am enjoying both artistic endeavors . . . fine art painting and illustration work.
June's Blog
While attending college in Southern California, my first artistic job was cartoonist for the campus newspaper. After moving to the Pacific Northwest I worked in the graphic arts field including freelance illustrator for major publishing companies. Eventually, inspired by the impressionist style, I produced landscape paintings for private collectors, public corporations, and galleries.
In the intervening years, I partnered with my husband and formed a decorative painting business. The job entailed designing and painting large-scale murals for businesses and residential homes. During this venture, my goals turned toward writing and illustration for children's books.
Working from my studio in the Pacific Northwest as a dedicated fine art painter for more than twenty-five years, I now find myself at a crossroads. Until recently, paintings produced in 2006 dealt with the play of light and shadow on the regional landscape. References originated from travels and personal photographs, while technique employed simplistic compositions through the use of acrylic. As a result, the subject both emphasized remoteness and introduced tranquility.
Following on from this my focus generated a different perspective. A new body of work going beyond previous formulas and, in its place, exploration into the imaginary. Dreams and memory create settings that transmit intimate details of people's everyday lives. Using casein color, my process develops through intricate layers of brushstrokes. On closer inspection, there exists on the surface a subtle nuance similar to pastel. With this artistic endeavor the viewer is offered a few moments of contemplation in an otherwise fast pace world.
Another exciting development can be followed on my new blog Ink Vanilla where I will be creating drawings in my moleskine books. So nowadays I am enjoying both artistic endeavors . . . fine art painting and illustration work.
June's Blog
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