Skylines
Artist Statement
My recent landscape paintings, or Skylines, are meant to suggest simplicity, space and solitude. Most of the images represent scenes from Mount Desert Island in Maine, where I experience an emotional connection to nature, and where the atmosphere is one of contemplative tranquility.
The bird portraits continue my fascination with birds and how they infiltrate my world. When I paint a bird, its personality appeals to me. It is a feathered reminder of the wild in my daily life.
I use patinated copper covered panels as bases on which I paint in oil. I find the copper surfaces interact with the subject matter in ways that are both apt and surprising.
Biography
Nora Charney Rosenbaum lives and paints in Brookline, Massachusetts and is represented by Galatea Fine Art Gallery in Boston, MA.
Her paintings are views of the natural world - trees, skies, clouds, birds, patterns of swimming fish or reflections on water. She layers oil paint over a chemically treated copper panel to create an optically complex surface. Light passes through some layers and reflects off of others to enhance an impression of atmosphere and luminescence. She enjoys the process of painting when her initial concept evolves, and she must make decisions about color, form, texture and composition that lead to something that was unknown at the start.
She has shown her work throughout New England. Her paintings are included in The Institute of Global Environment and Society in Rockville, Maryland.