N ERICKSEN • ART: Hobble Creek Glow

11x14, Acrylic on panel, © 2013
Collection of the Artist

My wife and I went on a morning excursion up Hobble Creek Canyon—about five minutes from the house. French easel in hand I found a quiet spot not far from the road where I could observe the morning splendor and the sounds of nature. Any day painting is a good day.

Artistic Statement

What I see is the culmination of all that I have seen. As a result, there is a filter that I place between the scene and the viewer—a painting. It becomes a unique interpretation of my observation, ability, and sensitivity to the person, place, or thing. In rendering an observation I am stricken that objects are most beautiful ephemerally at a specific moment in time.

While I paint many things, landscape is my passion. The beauty of nature and its infinite variety is compelling. As I paint, there is a time when I control the painting, but there comes a time in the process when the subject emerges from the recesses of the canvas and then the painting has needs and wants. As I become the instrument of unveiling it, my painting becomes my battle ground. The ecstasy of painting comes as I participate in the release of what has drawn me to the subject in the first place.

The result is always beautiful to me and perhaps has a charm for others.

Hobble Creek Glow

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