MARJIE LEWIS QUINT ARTIST’S STATEMENT The body of works presented here represent an ongoing evolution in my art over the past two years. I remain interested in the landscape as my primary mode of expression, using it as a starting point for further exploration in mood and abstraction. My training and background as a graphic designer informs my art, most noticeably in the framing devices and the juxtaposed imagery that I use for contrast and rhythm. I am drawn to the landscape as a surrealistic design template, with doorways leading to alternate realities and repetitions of shape revealing shifting tone and time passages. All works are oil paintings, my favorite medium because of the richness of its colors and the flexibility it offers for experimentation. I find myself drawn to strong color hues and contrasts. Color remains a key element in my work, evoking mood through contrast, as in “In Search of Eternity” or “The Open Door,” or through monochromatic, misty hues, as in “Ocean x 3” or “Mohaunk Mist.” All artists have some fundamental intent in their art. Many want to inspire, compel, shock or excite. I want to explore the wonder and beauty of nature, using literal landscapes as evocative abstractions. I am interested in the hidden landscape, the alligator beneath the surface, the portal to another world. Quite simply, I want to draw the viewer into an altered sense of space, time and atmosphere.