I am very interested in depicting the non-literal or imaginary aspects of life -- time, existence, emotions, dreams, memories – thereby evoking a response from my viewers. It is less important that they "see" what I see, but that I provoke or stimulate or suggest a direction -- that the paintings communicate. I am very happy when viewers tell me about their own individual ideas of what these paintings mean.
Celestial (One)
Watercolor and gouache on paper 24” x 20”
In the evening, just as the sky turned pink,
Fish leapt, and we sank into the loam.
--from "The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon,"
by Joan Gelfand
