TITLE: SPHERES
ARTIST: LYNNE SHEPHARD

I have been an abstract artist for more than 25 years. I grasp things out of my head, sometimes without being cognizant of what it is, at the time, but going with it nonetheless. It is important to me to paint or draw those things and ideas that are part of my world, to exhibit my journey on this earth. And, hopefully, I have found a unique voice in that journey.

Abstract art asks more of its audience in transcribing what the artist is "talking" about in a painting. There can be many translations associated with an abstract work, and all may be valid in the eyes of the beholder. The artist's intent may not be a valid answer to what someone sees in the painting. One can appreciate a work of abstraction simply because of the way it makes the viewer feel about it. I try to give viewers something to wonder about and play with visually. Those that take the time to see my work are the ones I pay attention to when comments are made about the e work.

The size of my paintings is determined by how much I have to "say", or "talk about", when I start a painting, and every painting has something to say. I am a journeyman. I am an artist. The path through a painting is always a visual adventure. I strive for an expression of wonder and presence.

I find the journey the most fascinating thing about being an abstract artist. It is said that a painting might never be finished. The artist, though, decides a comfortable stopping place, and then moves on to the next painting.