Artist Statement: My Eyes On Texas

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Growing up as the youngest child of Central Texas farmers, I developed a deep love for big skies, broad horizons and hardscrabble small towns. My deep connection to a place infused with a cultural concoction all its own has shaped my identity.

I aim to evoke the subtlety, the drama and the quirkiness I find on my road trips. The images reflect the play of light on fields and scrubby pastures under an ever-changing sky. Ordinary views and expansive ones hold equal attraction, speaking of an atmosphere that is better felt than explained.

 

Although my paintings have a naturalistic foundation, abstraction moves the work beyond mere representation. The application of marks and scrapes right across an almost completed work contributes emotional content and shifts the subject from specific to universal.

 

My Eyes On Texas is an ongoing exploration of both the ordinary and the iconic landscapes that characterize my home state. I invite you to view these paintings as expressions of a dynamic, changing entity that holds stories, memories, and a profound sense of place.

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Laura Hunt, 2024