Artist Statement
for
julie kreutzer
My creative process starts with something that catches my eye that I have photographed or done a drawing or watercolor of in the field. Roughly half the time, I go home and paint but the other half of the time some strange process occurs where the painting germinates and appears unpredictably in my head years later. While this makes it challenging to track down the original source material, I have learned to accept that the painting shows up whenever it is ready. When it is ready, it refuses to leave, becoming more and more detailed until I paint it. I can be found at chinookwindartgallery.com