I’ve always love looking at things in nature and anything natural, flowers, trees, fungi, blades of grass, fish, birds, rabbits, deer, ocean waves, clouds, the movement of wind through the trees. And especially the moon and stars in the night sky. A lot of my artwork are based on what’s in my surrounding environment, mostly things that are chaotic in nature, such as clouds or waves. Exploring nature and my surrounding is very much a part of my art process. I take pictures of nature everywhere I go.
I want to share photos I took that inspire me in a series of articles for a peak at “behind the scenes” in my art process. This first article is all about the clouds. I love looking at clouds, whether it is a nice sunny day or a dark sky full of rage just before a storm hit. I’m always seeing images and things I want to draw. Some of these images have already ended up in some of my artwork, but they never look like the original photos.
Light brush strokes in the air
I can see creatures walking in a line
An opening in the sky
Turning into a face up high staring down at you
They can be dark and ominous
Much more dark and ominous
Like a surface of an ocean
So much beauty
So much color
Very bold
Or soft and subtle
