Description We weren't born to be stressed out and crazed by the chaos of life. We were meant to thrive and join the wild dance of life. I am reminded of this every time I step into nature. It's where I can truly let go and just be. It's been a healing space for me to let go of all those onion layers I didn't know I had still inside me. The sharp orange shapes represent the stress of life. I used orange for the lettering to make sure you really felt the words come off the painting. I hope you when you see these words you are able to feel them. The mountains and the flowers take over the stress, like the crash of a wave. The blue lines above the mountain peaks represent the crazy wind you feel when you are at the top of a mountain. Every time life gets too much, I run to the mountains to where I feel home.
Katie Cleveland, Denver, CO Member Since October 2011 Artist Statement I am a Fine Artist living in Denver, Colorado. I try to keep it bold, colorful and exciting. My passion for snowboarding has lead me to develop as an artist. My paintings are based on my energy from what I capture through snowboarding, translating that through abstract forms. I enjoy painting without any certainty or plan of how it will turn out. It is exciting and a great surprise when I finish a painting because usually it never end up how I thought it would. This is what drives me to keep painting. Enjoy