QUINCY ANDERSON
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Living where the forest touches the sea is to observe nature at its most dynamic.
The graceful tension in the strength and structure of the trees is transformed by storms into a crazy dance of ecstatic energy. The wind and tides cause endlessly nuanced movement of the water. The moon creates mosaics of light and shadow through the tangle of branches on a still and quiet night. In my images I explore these movements and mosaics of light—patterns of reflections and shadows, rhythms of waves, erratic delicate pathways of falling leaves. My work is an expression of the balance between the energetic chaos and the peaceful harmony I experience in nature.
As an artist the abstraction of the image has been my inspiration, and my challenge. To begin by composing the beauty of nature is like drinking water — transforming and abstracting these images in my studio is searching for the source with a divining rod. My desire is to glimpse the greater mystery behind the veil, and intrigue the viewer to do the same.