Birth of a Painting Series X: “Mountains, Clouds, and Streams”.

Birth of a Painting Series X, “Mountains, Clouds, and Streams”.
“The world is a world of becoming. To see being in becoming, and becoming in being, that is enlightenment”.      D.T. Suzuki,

Nature Series: Themes of Taoism by Denise Hartley. Sculptural paintings on wood.

“My paintings are influenced from real physical spaces that exist in nature. The painting is intrinsic to the wood panels that I use. A tree was cut down to create this panel; the life of the tree encourages the finished piece. My paintings begin more as sculptural projects. I assemble, sand, stain, and texture, with an eye to the wood grains. I apply the paint by rubbing the surface. The surface inspires the art.”                                                                  D.A. Hartley

“Mountains, Clouds, and Streams”, mixed media on wood, triptych, 4′ x 6′, 2005. Courtesy of the artist.

“Tao”, cast bronze, 10.5″ x 22″, 2002. Collection of the artist.