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San Diego, CA 92110 If you would like more information on Joan Boyer Please email the Art Collector |
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of my compositions include a road disappearing into the landscape.
People have asked me why I am drawn to roads. From an art technique
point of view, it's a great way to create an illusion of depth on a flat
surface. But it goes deeper than that. Roads lead somewhere
- perhaps to a home or town around the corner. Yet, I almost never
put figures or buildings in my paintings. I prefer to think of my
roads leading away from civilization into the unspoiled beauty of the countryside.
The road leads to wilderness but also provides a safe way back.
The trees I paint are the trees of my childhood: oaks, eucalyptus, sycamore and pine. I try to convey some individuality to the trees I paint. There they are providing shade, homes or food to the animals around them, they may as well have an artist come along and paint their portraits respectfully. More and more trees are disappearing from the land. How many children today wake up to the sound of wind in the trees? It's a comforting, connecting sound. 
Roads, trees, and lastly, interesting shadow patterns. One piece of advice on painting comes to mind, "It's nice when the viewer can tell the season, the weather and the time of day." Which goes along with another tip. "Hint at a story." Not only do shadows help define the time of day, they help to define the land. Long shadows please me most because late afternoon is my favorite time of day. And they  encourage
a playful, nearly abstract element to a painting. They break up the
familiar "tree," "field," "fence," eye recognition and allow one to linger
longer over the details.
Sharing my connection to the land is a major reason to paint.
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