Color in Visual Art

Encouragement goes very far.

"You have an innate grasp of light and color. Its really quite unusual and beautiful; you don't see that kind of thing too often." - Maryann Matlock-Hinkle 

She said that to me when I was in studio with her in 2006 at PAFA. Its really wonderful to hear that kind of affirmation when your an emerging artist. Especially when your trapped in the time of life when you are constantly trying to figure out what it is that you are trying to paint, and how to effectively execute it.

When Maryann passed away in 2009 the art world didn't only loose a visionary artist, they lost one of the greatest artist educators to have ever lived. She took the time to really understand the person she was guiding in studio work, wholly gave to them her decades of art production experience in order to fully enrich their studio education, and was an overflowing font of inspiration. 

She made you want to believe in yourself; you don't see that kind of thing too often.

Abstract Blues / Oil on Canvas 2006 / Radocaj

Abstract Greens / Oil on Canvas  / 2006 / Radocaj

Abstract Reds or Rising & Setting in the City / Oil on Wood  2006 / Radocaj

But I Forgot His Name / Oil on Board 2006 / Radocaj

Myself Under the Orange Bandana / Oil on Canvas 2006 / Radocaj

Drifted - A Series of Tryptics / Acrylic on Board  2009 / Radocaj

What Comes in Waves - A Series of Tryptics / Acrylic on Board 2009 / Radocaj 

Avalon Sky 01 / Oil on Canvas 2007 / Radocaj

Avalon Sky 03 / Oil on Canvas 2007 / Radocaj

Vitamin B12 / Acrylic on Canvas 2009 / Radocaj

Vitamin B6 / Acrylic on Canvas 2009 / Radocaj

Wire Sky 01 / Oil on Canvas / Radocaj

Wire Sky 02 / Oil on Canvas / Radocaj

Wire Sky 03 / Oil on Canvas / Radocaj

I could not have made any of this work with out her impact on my life.