Mona Neuhaus
artist statement
A traditional landscape painter at heart, I paint primarily in the media of soft pastel and transparent watercolor. The subject matter of my work focuses on the rural California countryside and the vast American West. Much of my inspiration comes from California's Central Coast, as well as our great American treasures - The National Parks.
Wide open spaces, beautiful vistas, rolling hills, pastoral landscapes and even a beautiful rose inspire and drive me to the easel. Our natural landscape appears to be vanishing on an almost daily basis and it is my intent to paint not only a glimpse of nature in its beauty, but to also preserve a moment of natural history.
It is such a pleasure to be in the great outdoors surrounded not only by its beauty but its harshness. These experiences are core to my paintings for it is when one is outside and all of the senses come into play that a painting can develop. It is also in this environment that I study and observe, sketch and paint, photograph and take copious notes for use as memory triggers upon return to the studio.
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