Sward, Amanda, artist2016-08-092016-08-092016http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176318Colorado State University Art and Art History Department capstone project.Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.The artist's statement: Moments of my life in nature are expressed through my paintings. Mark making gives me the ability to reveal new emotive and expressive qualities in my art; adding a new discovery process to my paintings. With each brush stroke and each new color, my paintings take on a feeling of when I am surrounded by nature. Focusing on the movement I feel when I am in nature, I am exploring the abstract world of painting. Nature inspires expressive gesture in my marks. In this body of work I focus on abstracting the natural world. Our world is imprinted by nature, I am expressing form from moments in nature and how each affects me. The natural world is always changing and moving, in my paintings I will continue to study this and how it affects me.Student worksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.paintingStillImage