Cynthia Herron: “My work is based on the writings of the Irish poet and mystic John O'Donohue. "For the Celtic people, nature was not matter, rather it was a luminous and numinous presence which had depth, possibility and beauty." John O'Donohue, Anam Cara. I am concerned with the layers of appearance, and what lies beneath and beyond. I arrange my subject in harmony with Cubist lines and shapes, allowing the space to shift and suggest "the beyond," while representing the colors and shapes in nature. In nature I walk, observe and sketch compositions in ink, noting hues with watercolor crayons. In the margins I write such things as weather, time of day, and color nuances. These later inform larger, abstract acrylic and oil paintings in the studio. Each unique painting is the product of being in a particular location, and the memories of that time. Colors and textures weave a many-layered tapestry designed to elucidate the sublime both in landscape and in ourselves."