Cattail Trail
This painting was inspired by the cattails and cottonwoods that grow beside Rengstorff House, a historical landmark in Mountain View, CA, and one of the first houses to be built in that town. There is also sometimes a stream that flows through them. I used these three elements to compose this whimsical scene.
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Width: 18in
Patricia Nojima
Line, design, and composition matter to me. I use layers of glazes to alter or brighten hues. The more I paint, the more I realize the importance of values and the appearance of light. I simplify, idealize ordinary subjects to reduce them to more graphic or whimsical images. And color, (the fun part!) I still don’t understand, maybe I never will. But paintings have minds of their own. They say “Put yellow here, blue there…” And I do.
See more of my work at Gallery House, 826 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park, CA: galleryhouse.art and at my own website: www.patricianojima.com
Email: patricianojima@hotmail.com
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