Landspaces,
Paintings by
Simran Singh Gleason
Over and over I find myself drawn to painting the landscape. Land and
environment have always evoked strong emotions for me and I have been
struggling, thoughout the time I have been making art, with trying to
convey some of the feeling of being in a place. I feel this is,
ultimately, an impossible task; yet so often I cannot stop myself from
stopping by the road, setting up my easel, and scribbling away.
In my ongoing efforts to learn to draw I spend a lot of time (not nearly enough!) drawing landscapes representationally (voyeuristically, I have been told), where I am simply trying to hone my drawing skills. Are these drawings high art? Art at all? Does it matter if I am good at drawing or not? Is landscape painting a valid artistic expression for me at all? I would like to address these questions in a little more detail in my Landspaces artist's statement.
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The San Mateo Coastside: Where I live
Stanford University & some phunky sandstone buildings!
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pictures from the San Francisco Bay Area
Northern Michigan: Where I grew up