Wil Talk with Artists #65 Poppy Balser

This digital discussion is with artist Poppy Balser.
“I live in an area with a vast variety of naturally beautiful scenery. I am surrounded by wild landscapes and have lived for almost all my life within walking distance of the ocean. These landscapes and seascapes find their way into my work. I go outside to paint as often as I can. Painting outside on location helps me observe and explore my subjects closely. I exhibit some of my plein air pieces. Others come into my studio to serve as references for when I make larger, more deliberate works.
I value the experience of painting outside. When I can observe changing light and weather conditions closely over the course of hours this helps me to get to the heart of what I am painting. I go outside often to paint and stop when I find a scene that fills me with some mixture of delight, wonder or curiosity. I paint it to capture the sense of being there to share with others.
With my paintings, I bring indoors the atmosphere and light of my outdoor natural landscape. I paint things as I perceive them, translating the sense of wonder I feel in front of nature to make fresh and spontaneous paintings which glow with quiet luminous colour.”
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