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Moving between Maine and California is shifting my abstract landscape paintings toward weather, geology, memory, material, and the unstable edge between land and atmosphere.
As my abstract landscape paintings evolve, I’m increasingly inspired by artists who move beyond the traditional horizon line. Per Kirkeby, Joan Mitchell, Julie Mehretu, Mark Bradford, Vija Celmins, and Amy Sillman each offer a different way of thinking about landscape—through geology, gesture, mapping, material, repetition, and uncertainty. Their work pushes me to explore how color, texture, mark-making, and layered surfaces can evoke the natural world without simply describi
