Ripples
on ponds, forests in rain, and rhythmic patterns of tree trunks
are themes which I have explored in my work for many years.
Rain cleanses and renews the earth and nourishes the soil
and plants. Ripples formed by rain droplets can be experienced
as a metaphor for contemplating the ripple effect of our own
actions outward and inward. I love rain, and all forms of
precipitation, and celebrate the changes it brings --- like
swollen bark, and renewed growth of lichen and moss on trees.
My paintings are abstractions of my observations of forests
and waterways in my home state of Wisconsin where I grew up
camping and hiking in remote northern woods. For me, there
is something peaceful and calming about the reduction to abstraction--
meditations on change and interaction… a contrast to
the complexity and chaos of my daily life… reminders
of the quiet spaces… interludes amidst the cacophony
of modern life.
Katherine
Steichen Rosing, November 2010
