My Life in Flight
“My Life in Flight” is a group of contemporary figurative oil paintings I created over the last two years. This series is a celebration of spirit, laughter, and play. When I work, I’m flooded with feelings of wellness, a lightness I feel whenever I’m around my canvas and oils. It’s my hope you, too, feel this sense of lightness when viewing this series.
As I work with each piece, I’m looking for feelings of abundance, movement, and respect – that respect I feel around the themes of connection to humanity, nature, and stewardship.
You’ll find Tlingit ovoids, trigons, and hash marks in my work. For this series, I was drawn to coppers- colors of cedars and grasses intermixed with loose figurative movement lines and solid abstract Tlingit forms and figures. These colors and forms can be found in our indigenous Tlingit people’s clothing, regalia, and household carvings. To me, these elements serve and share themes of ancestral spirit, wellness, respect, and stewardship.
Overall, this series invites the viewer to leave the hustle and bustle of the day behind and, even for one moment, find that inner child lightness that lifts the feelings of abundance and wellness inside you.
After a successful career in business and marketing, in the winter of 2020, my husband and pup stood with me as I pivoted full-time to the development of my art education and skills. Now, I currently work full-time from my art studio in Wenatchee, not far from my childhood home in Edmonds, WA.
My creative origins reach in a direct line back to my grandfather, Rudolph Walton, master Tlingit artist from Sitka, Alaska, whose art and foresight inspire me today. This combines with the sturdy, kindly Ukrainian heritage of my grandmother. This work stems from the complexity that is me.
Please come down to Art Alley @ Pybus for a welcoming reception this Friday, January 5th from 5-7 pm.
