John Spellman Library at GHC
Kathryn Cotnoir
"Seal Rock Blues"
"January 5 through February 13, 2009
I have filled many pages of sketch books with carefully observed drawings of the central Oregon coast. At Ona Beach, Cummins Creek, Rocky Creek, Seal Rock, Yachats, Perpetua: there is never a lack of things to draw. The season, or the time of day or week makes for different impressions of water and land. Ever changing.
My drawings mark the efforts of days spent looking to the sea, across the creek, and through spruce forests. They involve weather as well as composition. They remain small. They are like a private conversation with the viewer, or a poem: intimate, complete, revealing, inclusive.
My tools for working have altered over the years, challenging me with new choices. Weather gear - to keep dry or warm or shaded from sun - has changed little for me.
Drawing remains important. But my recent efforts have moved beyond sketch book and pencil to include pieces on canvas or panel with brush and paint. Still intimate, these works are in contrast to the large scale of the landscape itself. As essential interpretations of sea, sky, and stone, these images continue to connect me with the coastal landscape experience."
Kathryn Cotnoir
"Seal Rock Blues"
"January 5 through February 13, 2009
I have filled many pages of sketch books with carefully observed drawings of the central Oregon coast. At Ona Beach, Cummins Creek, Rocky Creek, Seal Rock, Yachats, Perpetua: there is never a lack of things to draw. The season, or the time of day or week makes for different impressions of water and land. Ever changing.
My drawings mark the efforts of days spent looking to the sea, across the creek, and through spruce forests. They involve weather as well as composition. They remain small. They are like a private conversation with the viewer, or a poem: intimate, complete, revealing, inclusive.
My tools for working have altered over the years, challenging me with new choices. Weather gear - to keep dry or warm or shaded from sun - has changed little for me.
Drawing remains important. But my recent efforts have moved beyond sketch book and pencil to include pieces on canvas or panel with brush and paint. Still intimate, these works are in contrast to the large scale of the landscape itself. As essential interpretations of sea, sky, and stone, these images continue to connect me with the coastal landscape experience."