Shelley Timm-Thompson
STATEMENT
I strive for expressionistic and coloristic abstraction that captures beauty or soulfulness. I want a viewer to feel transported to the places I paint, as if they’re seeing them with their own eyes, sensing the experience, or having a memory. I keep my brush strokes loose and varied — much like nature and those experiences that can never be completely controlled. Some artists paint for self-expression, I paint for connection. I believe that art cannot be art unless there is evocation.
In addition to many, many contemporary artists, historical painters who inspire me include Richard Diebenkorn, Claude Monet, Edward Seago and Jean-Michel Basquiat.