Artist Statement
I have always been captivated by the beauty of the landscape, in all its forms and seasons.
I particularly love the magical moments when sunlight on the landscape transforms otherwise ordinary places into vibrant compositions of shape, line, and color, ripe for painting. I have spent most of my life traveling backroads and byways with a camera and sketchpad, searching for those fleeting scenes that inspire me, and working in my studio to capture them.
In my work, I strive to convey the elusive qualities of light and atmosphere on the landscape, through subtle layering of colors, in order to give viewers a richer sense of being there.
Each piece has its own personality, with its own challenges, and there are few things as gratifying as overcoming those challenges and bringing something meaningful to life from a blank page.
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-- Jeff McEntire
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