Chasing waterfalls

I love waterfalls. I love painting them. Just did a quick check and counted 10 waterfalls hanging on my walls.

My first waterfalls were somewhat accurate depictions of Ash Cave and the upper falls at Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio, with one abstract exception, which was my favorite (and the one for which nobody said, “that looks just like a photograph.”) Oh dear. Cringe. I mean, I love the gorgeous photography being done in Hocking Hills — and everywhere else! — but I don’t want my art to imitate…well, anything. Hence my current direction toward Abstract. It really is so freeing!

By following light and shadow I landed in the abstract ❤️

Most recently, this wild waterfall appeared on the canvas as I moved paint around. For me, one of the joyous things about painting is the way it allows me to reflect feeling and emotion as well as a figurative image.