About Avonna Lee - In her own words
Creative vision is to see more than the eye can perceive and discover the nature of things by molding form without actually copying nature. Spatial perspective invites a yearning for what lies beyond the horizon. I seek to distill the essence, finding meaning for my own life experience. Good art requires work, and the kind of painting that brings me the most satisfaction requires intensive concentration and determination to bring it into being no matter the struggle. I like to pass on a sense of wonder in my paintings so that they carry with them the mystery of the place. What happened here? There are times that great open places of space or dizzy mountain heights and bowls of deep blue sky create emotions of drifting time and solitude or even loneliness. Part of painting is research. The subject must have a history, and finding the "why" and "how" things came to be, what they are, makes the painting "read" correctly to those in the know. Intuition guides me to express a feeling of atmosphere and to recall images recalled in the mind's eye. After research follows experimentation with color to create the drama of light and shadow.
My purpose is to continue to expand my perceptions of life and let experience guide what I choose as most important themes. It is my desire to bring into being that which has never been before and is unique to my gift as an artist. |
There are many reasons for the subjects artists choose to paint, but the main motive throughout my forty plus years is to paint what I love. Beauty and grace go hand in hand, and they bring order and a sense of balance. Heart-stopping emotion triggers the impulse to paint, but that emotion needs to be tempered with balance of precision, of structure and the harmony of color and graceful line. 
The heart and soul of life that beats around us can be sensed through the language of art as I have experienced with people in faraway lands of South Africa , Israel and The Peoples Republic of China . I have learned to communicate with and influence people by creating essential symbolic form. The power of location or place speaks a message of hope and promise across borders. 
