ARTIST STATEMENT:

I love to be painting on a giant canvas with big fat smudgy oil sticks. My paintings are textural, moody, fluid, bright. I want to turn the world of the canvas into a world of swimming color. I have been painting for many years now and after trying tocapture reality on the canvas, I realize that I want to make the canvas my own reality. The way I want the world to be. Although sometimes it’s nice to use the canvas to express darker feelings, I tend to want to escape in my canvases to a happier place.

Having used a computer as a tool for years as a graphic designer, I now escape to a painting studio, use hands-on painting tools and the smell of paint surrounds me. I realize that this is where I want to be. Please visit www.rhondapearle.com for more information.