Aria Artscapes Process
Inspiration for my paintings comes from my love of nature, specifically landscape scenes: Rivers, Ocean scenes, Valleys, Mountains, Parks, Gardens, etc…
I’m definitely mostly a mountain and forest gal…growing up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York where rich forests and mountains seem like endless eye candy, just everywhere providing endless inspiration for me.
Driving around the Hudson Valley serves as a magnificent means of this: From Croton Point Park to Bear Mountain and then to Perkins Drive: Really anywhere along the Hudson River!
From there, I seem to naturally flow into photographing these splendid scenes, then also branching out into painting and photographing florals: Mostly my own garden, public park gardens and my mother’s garden.
I grew up with my prodigy Father who painted and sketched every moment that he could. It took me a long time to seriously try this painting medium myself, because I always felt inferior to his talents…
So with that background, I first took lessons from a fabulous local artist, and then launched into Bill Alexander and Bob Ross. From there, I read books, took too many online courses to list and just kept working for the last several years trying to “find myself” on canvas.
I prefer “Wet on Wet” technique with Oils. This seems to suit me best. Our former home was situated within a beautiful forest and I have used our home forest and garden in several of my paintings…
Here then, on this page are photos and video of several stages of one of my latest paintings:
