QUINCY ANDERSON
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Living where the forest touches the sea allows me to observe the dynamism and power of nature through all seasons. My images explore mosaics of light: patterns of reflections and shadows, rhythms of waves, erratic delicate pathways of falling leaves. The work is an expression of the balance between nature’s energetic chaos and peaceful harmony.
My process is all about layering. I often begin by rubbing silk tissue on embossed surfaces I find or create, and then explore gesture drawing and fluid paints on the textured surface of the canvas. Between layers I add or wipe away as partial images appear. This technique helps me to reveal my language of symbols — the spirals and waves, the paths of light and dark — in my composition. I am interested in what still remains enigmatic.
This search for what lies beneath, above and beyond; this reaching towards the mystery, is not to explain it but to celebrate it. I hope my images pull the viewer into the space, intrigue them, stimulate them to contemplate the beauty and power of nature.