Mood And Mystery
Medium-Sized Contemporary Abstract Art Works
Selected Paintings
Watchful Waiting
54″ X 44″ Mixed Media On Unstretched Canvas
I embrace a limited palette. This makes for a more powerful painting and reduces distracting color chaos.
I am seldom self-reflective when I am immersed in creating a work. But on occasion it occurs to me that the image I am making is a symbol of a fleeting present moment, and that these moments are all we have.
Undaunted
60″ X 48″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Tempest
48″ X 72″ Mixed Media On Canvas
My work is a fine balance between intuition and critical analysis.
A painter must always be willing to take risks in order to gain momentum. It helps to adopt an attitude of “what if?”
Within
54″ X 42″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Without Hesitation
60″ X 48″ Mixed Media On Canvas
I often use strong blacks in my paintings coupled with softly veiled areas symbolizing the many dualities in human nature.
Balance of Truth
58″ X 46″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Inner Visions
54″ X 62″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Inner Harbor II
58″ X 48″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Mood And Mystery
The Mood and Mystery series has grown out of the change in direction my art took in 2018, as well as events in my own life, well beyond my control and which compelled and continue to compel a close examination of my interior self rather than simply responding to the physical landscape around me. The series of paintings is ever evolving.
What is mood other than an emotional setting, an atmosphere, a feeling, a sensation? Mystery is an enigma, a puzzle, something that cannot be fully understood by using one’s reason. The series thus emphasizes emotion above all else and is a window in a moment frozen in time to my interior universe. Once the viewer has accepted my invitation to become emotionally attached to the painting, he or she can receive its message.
-Julie Schumer
