Patricia K. Kelly
When I look into nature something looks back at me. That something is the subject of my work.
Technique and materials:
I paint with egg tempera (egg yolk mixed with water and pigment) because it's so 'hands-on', and creates opportunities to explore the intrinsic qualities of natural earths, minerals, and metal leaf in my nature paintings.
Complex layers of paint that suggest primal form and woven patterning, juxtaposed with areas of densely pigmented texture suggestive of pre-Big Bang chaos.
Silence, Stillness, Creating a space for reverie.