Stephanie Dalton's new painting inspired me today. It reminds me of riverine krantzes, pebble beaches, driftwood and rock pools.
I enjoyed Stephanie's artist statement ..... and wish I had written it myself.
"It is the quieter side of the world that inspires my abstract works, the feelings that arise through a connection with the natural world. Colorful patterns in stone, aged patinas on walls, and fragmented light on the horizon are some natural touchstones for me." - Stephanie Dalton
My own work is often inspired by my connection with nature. Long walks and foraging on beaches set the mood for beginning new carvings. Once I was inspired by clumps of sea reeds that were washed up on the beach after heavy storms and decided there and then to sit down and create my first wild basket for the few small treasures I had found. It is a very rudimentary basket but for the time I spent creating it I was totally absorbed.
Beach walks have inspired many of my carvings.
I'm intrigued with how artists interpret what they have seen and how they bring meaningful moments into their artwork.
Hannah Lamb's " creative practice focuses on walking and making as methods of reconnecting with the world immediately around us. Personal, emotional responses to environment and surface are recorded through stitch, print, photography and construction, piecing together fragments of place and time."
Hannah's River to Wood series explores the landscape of the River Aire.
"Short journeys, walking from home to Hirst Wood, collecting marks, prints and found materials." - Hannah Lamb
Talking about wild baskets and inspiration, I found some delightful images on mrandmrscharlie's Instagram blog.
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." - Pablo Picasso
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