Hunter Moon Homestead Journal
Rick and I tested a recipe last week that I want to share with all of you. This recipe can be a lovely accompaniment to so many dishes, or just eaten on its own.
There are important components to any work of art that include form, texture, line, light, color, and shape. Unless you are working in black or white, color and color combinations are a very important part of the creative process. Sometimes color alone can be the most important element of a painting.
My fascination with color has been life-long. When I was a child, someone gifted me with a large prism and it was one of my favorite objects. I loved having the prism up to my eye and looking at the vivid striations of color. One of the most visually profound moments in my life was driving up to the edge of the snake river canyon and looking out onto the top of a double rainbow as it arched into the 500 foot deep expanse. I sat spell bound as it slowly faded into space.
In this conversation, expressive landscape painter Hannah Woodman shares insights into her process, the role of solitude in creativity, and how landscape painting can become a bridge between past and present.
Full of emotion, movement and vibrant color, Elaine's paintings are evocative renditions of form, figure and nature. We're awed by her seemingly effortless ability to build a visual history in her work that draws the viewer closer. This July, we welcome the UK artist to Hunter Moon Homestead to teach her workshop, Nature In Bloom, where retreat guests will learn her technique of "drawing with paint." We asked Elaine a few questions to get to know more about her as an artist and her artistic process.