Tanya M. Richey
Artist's Statement
Tanya M.
Richey
Artist's Statement
My Passion - Art My Vice - Food My Life - My family and my friends
I started to paint as an adult. First with watercolor, because it did not seem so intimidating, then with oils and acrylics and later I went on to mixed media. I love to explore and painting is the way I interpret the world around me. First I like to do contour drawings in ink (that way I get a pure original line). Next I work with washes of color and last light and shadow. As these three elements come together I become acquainted with my subject. The next phase is always a surprise. Each time I paint I am looking with a different vision solving a different piece of the puzzle. This world is fluid, dynamic, resilient, changing, forever in motion and yet it is also non-changing, still, quiet, eternal, and silent. With all this before me I see no end to my painting. When I feel daunted by this task I think of Goethe who said "Boldness has genius of it's own, so begin it." and I paint on.
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