Art is inspiration solidified. Painting is visual poetry…
Colleen Webster is a fine art painter living and working in North Carolina. A graduate from the School of Visual Arts, in New York City, she holds a BFA in Painting. Colleen has studied under many gifted artists and influential instructors. Her passion for painting extends into many subjects and themes all displaying a love of painting and emphasis on light and color. Her works are influenced by painting out of doors in nature from direct observation. The love of the natural world is what drives and inspires her work as well as exploring universal and reflective themes. Her Paintings are exhibited in North Carolina and South Carolina and part of many Private and Public Art Collections.
PLEIN AIR WORKS:
Painting en plein air (painting directly in the open air outdoors) allows me to leave the interior space for the living world outside. A witness of nature and the outdoors as it literally becomes my studio—a place for visual meditations while I paint the effects of natural light in oil. I aim to fill each painting with life, inspiration and uplifting beauty. I employ a painterly translation that suggests rather than defines a subject. This suggestion naturally triggers the viewer’s imagination and memory to ‘fill in the blanks’ without overstating what they are seeing. I enjoy conveying light, atmosphere, and mood rather than a defined literal copy.
FIGURATIVE WORKS:
Combining painterly color and texture with iconic, symbolist and expressive themes. The reflection of ideas, imagination, and feeling in these works behold an exploration of personal and universal narratives aiming to bring the dream into reality.
ANIMAL WORKS:
Animals are in-tune with the rhythms and cycles of nature and symbolize resilience. These paintings recognize and celebrate these unique animal spirits as totems of the natural world.
“One looks, looks long, and the world comes in”. -Joseph Campbell