Capturing Time By: LINDA ADREVENO

This particular series is inspired by nature and the peaceful moodiness of landscapes. Restless trees, foggy horizons, trickling water. These are impressions of landscapes eliciting a sense of place and a feeling of tranquility. These canvases make reference to place but their purpose is to evoke in the viewer a keener awareness of the subtleties in nature and the need for stillness and contemplation.

These paintings develop slowly and spontaneously, allowing images to emerge over time. Before paint ever touches the surface, I use paper to create texture and structure, usually in multiple layers of varying thickness. The result is a rough almost wrinkled surface. Each of the works in this series contains more than 100 layers of glaze which provides translucency and creates resonance. I don’t use brushes. Color is applied in small thin strokes with a palette knife… layer upon layer.