February 2025: Mari Border - Painting

Mari Border “After retiring and finally having time to do art again I began with a simple subject…leaves. At the time I thought of them as the only thing that artistically didn’t scare me. And I found that I loved discovering the intricacies and mysteries they held. After getting my feet wet, I moved on to arial images of landscapes. As a nervous flier I’d get a window seat when possible and concentrate on what I could see out the window and taking photos. I began making paintings from what I discovered in the fascinating interplay between organic and mechanical shapes on the land. I’ve made another subject matter shift from direct landscapes but again searching out the shapes, colors and mysteries that drew me so excitedly in. I consider every work of art to be entirely experimental, an act of both play and investigation, risk and trust, never knowing until the end where it will lead.”