Inspired by nature, I explore the metaphysical connection between myself and a specific location. Each of my paintings translates a particular moment when the light and ambience of the surroundings touch me. They are remembered moments distilled into an abstract language of colors, shapes, energy, rhythm and mood. I work -- sometimes in quick strokes and at other times adding paint and wiping it off; pushing and pulling my materials -- until the right moment is released and I have achieved the desired affect. These processes evolve during the course of many sessions as the poetry of rhythm and forms unfolds, moving across the canvas in the same way music improvised by a jazz musician progresses. I compose spontaneously, capturing the luminosity of light with my color choices and amplifying movement and energy with aggressive mark making. The fluid shapes I make with my brush are often juxtaposed against crisp lines I make with graphite and charcoal.

Like the Abstract Expressionists of the New York School, my work is process driven. I use the plasticity and immediacy of the paint to drive expression and capture the unconscious. But unlike these artists my paintings are a direct interpretations of a specific moment.

—— Peggy Klineman