american artist
Paula Peacock
oil painting
Painting is my key to a secret garden, my
way through the looking glass, my form
of meditation. From the first time I applied
paint to brush to canvas the process has
always struck me as magical. It fills me
with a sense of wonder and gives me
the ability to translate an inner vision to
a 2 dimensional reality. An established
painter since 1999, I use the “Old
Masters”, my own life’s experiences
and the experiences of those close to
me as my source of inspiration. My sole
purpose when painting is to celebrate
the form, color, and exquisite design we
see around us every day and often take
for granted. I strive to portray ordinary
objects with an emotion and sensuality,
rich richer-than life colors, a touch of
elegance, and a provocative glow with
inter-plays of light. Working primarily in
oils and in the genre of realism (with the
occasional foray into abstracts and mixed
media), I strive to reflect a combination of
layered symbolism with a touch of subtle
wit in the style of the classical table top
still life. My works involve simply staged
contemporary subject matters with results
I hope are thought provoking yet peaceful
to the eye and mind. My work is a conduit
for my life’s joys, trials and tribulations and
my paintings, more than words, reveal my
responses to those experiences.
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