Inspirations

While I did not actually paint for a very long time, I have been looking at art all my life, and used to buy art on my travels, as those of you who know my home will attest.  I have noticed recently just how much cultural art I own – from different places and expressions and values.

The artists who have inspired me for different reasons are:

• The Impressionists – for colour and freedom
• Paul Cezanne – for form and depth
• Frank Diebenkorn - for structure (see image)
• Mark Rothko - for such unique capturing of emotion
• The Group of Seven - for their boldness and love of large landscapes
• David Hockney - for light and ,space and his extraordinary infinite creativity (see image)
• Ivon Hitchens – for his delicate colourful and wonderfully abstracted landscapes