Landscape Paintings of the American West by Ann Currey I Artsy Shark

Ann Currey’s dreamlike landscapes mirror the peace she finds in the vast open vistas of the American West. See a lot more of her work by browsing her web site.

 

 

When I was a little one, my grandparents traveled thoroughly. I was fortunate to journey with them from time to time. My grandmother adored the arts and finding out, so the trips were filled with museums, historical ruins, songs and the literature she experienced me read about in preparation for the journey.

 

 

Creating artwork, however, was not a journey I thought I would ever embark upon.

 

 

About fifteen a long time in the past, a buddy signed us both equally up for a 6 7 days watercolor course. Unbeknownst to me, she had now compensated for it and I was advised that I owed her funds. Despite the fact that I was reluctant to go at 1st, I found that the class opened my eyes to a total diverse world. As soon as that happened, there was no turning back.

 

 

I cherished the system of watercolor but I specifically cherished owning a new challenge. For numerous a long time I dabbled with watercolor and then a little bit of oil. I by no means took my art seriously or dived deeply into my work until I was met with a diagnosis of cancer.

 

 

Throughout that calendar year of treatment, I discovered I had sufficient awareness of painting to do coloration reports and do the job by way of Ted Goerschner’s Workshop in a Reserve. These pursuits stored my intellect engaged and fairly focused. They supplied a considerably needed distraction.

 

 

Through that time, I discovered the impressive healing power of artwork.

 

 

As I started to recuperate and increase more robust, I dove head very first into oil painting—in distinct landscapes—learning as substantially as I quite possibly could.

 

 

Art and faith gave me so considerably all through that hard time in my everyday living. I required to be equipped to share the peace I identified. The landscapes I painted recalled to me illustrations or photos of my existence increasing up in the west a lifestyle stuffed with barefoot times roaming unhindered via farms and open areas, often on horseback.

 

 

Broad open areas, personal sights and h2o and rocks all stand for a tranquility of house and time to me. They give time to reflect and ponder, things we don’t often do at property when schedules, media and noise consume our thoughts.

 

 

All my prior expertise has taught me the value of connecting with mother nature, a reverence for the Creator and studying from these who arrived prior to us. Through every of my paintings I try to convey and invite some others to experience the feeling of open up areas, self-reflection and taking the time to slow down. I am grateful for a lifestyle to give back again the items I have been offered.

 

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