tricia french
a place of respite. an absorbing mood. art is a union and center-point for many forms of beauty. a guiding light, a north star; holding and connecting to deeper recesses of experience. offering an unmatched ability to lead a viewer to the abstract world of emotion, the heart of feeling.
this is the fundamental drive of artist Tricia French. currently based in the Pacific Northwest where there is no shortage of emotive skies, contrasted light and evocative landscapes.
painting on a large scale she seeks to offer an encounter that feels both expansive and encompassing. for over a decade she has held a painting practice holding conversations on canvas.
inviting in forces and behaviors of the natural world. its ever changing palettes, wind, water, cycles, moods, various energies and stillness. with much reverence for its soothing, sheltering properties that we too, are of.