Artist’s Statement
Producing art is a deeply personal thing. I have been drawn to it all my life, even though I didn’t start painting seriously until a few years ago.
I am a landscape painter working primarily in the medium of soft pastels and in the tradition of the California Impressionists. I am drawn to landscape painting because I want to capture and convey the wonder I have always had for nature’s incredible beauty and majesty, whether it is a dramatic sky, a powerful seascape, a cascading river, or a serene, bucolic landscape. It is always about the play of light, and this pursuit is my life’s passion. Not every attempt is successful. None is ever totally satisfactory, but the process is always enjoyable and rewarding, even if sometimes frustrating. Regardless, every painting experience always enlightens me, and I continue to learn. There is no destination, only the journey.
And when a painting seems to work particularly well, the thought that someone else may be drawn to it in some way makes the experience even more gratifying — and that image binds us together in some small, but very rewarding way.
Stephen Woolery
