Yvonne Troxell Lamothe
Artist Statement:
Painting en plein air keeps me grounded and observing and finding relationships in the natural world has become a form of meditation for me. I spend countless hours walking along the sea and hiking into the woods photographing and taking in special moments as I move along. Yet, I do have a restless spirit and attribute my constant searching and exploration of how to express the glory and unpredictability of the environment to my being an art educator for many years. The need to explore a variety of approaches has been ever present for me. As a painter, I am not easily satisfied with my work and seek new solutions to showing a spirit, finding an element of surprise and looking beyond the surface. Helen Torr, Lois Dodd, Marsden Hartley, George Bellows are among those whose work inspires me.
Painting en plein air keeps me grounded and observing and finding relationships in the natural world has become a form of meditation for me. I spend countless hours walking along the sea and hiking into the woods photographing and taking in special moments as I move along. Yet, I do have a restless spirit and attribute my constant searching and exploration of how to express the glory and unpredictability of the environment to my being an art educator for many years. The need to explore a variety of approaches has been ever present for me. As a painter, I am not easily satisfied with my work and seek new solutions to showing a spirit, finding an element of surprise and looking beyond the surface. Helen Torr, Lois Dodd, Marsden Hartley, George Bellows are among those whose work inspires me.
Artist Bio:
Yvonne Troxell Lamothe has pursued her interest in painting by both observing the natural world and being immersed in the elements. Learning and unlearning as an art educator and as a life long learner and an art maker has been an engaging process for her. Endlessly challenging her own ability, she has studied painting with many accomplished artists and now is accepting the outside world as her teacher. She has been producing both oil paintings and watercolors mainly completed en plein air. Yvonne embraces her roots in New England. Finding intrigue with marshlands, woodlands and glorious vistas of Quincy, Massachusetts and the south shore where she now lives and her cabin in Ossipee, New Hampshire and the White Mountains where she finds solitude gives her ample inspiration for painting. Trips to the Maine coast and Vermont offer great additional and endless places to stop and paint. It is no wonder that such a range of American painters have found their way here to New England. Among her favorites are Marsden Hartley, Lois Dodd and Milton Avery. Her paintings show close connections to the earth because of the unusual perspectives that she finds to insure a closeness to her subject. Color is of essence to Yvonne and this joy can be felt in her work. And, of course, as the earth becomes more threatened, she hopes her paintings will inspire others to take time to appreciate and celebrate our planet.
Yvonne Troxell Lamothe has pursued her interest in painting by both observing the natural world and being immersed in the elements. Learning and unlearning as an art educator and as a life long learner and an art maker has been an engaging process for her. Endlessly challenging her own ability, she has studied painting with many accomplished artists and now is accepting the outside world as her teacher. She has been producing both oil paintings and watercolors mainly completed en plein air. Yvonne embraces her roots in New England. Finding intrigue with marshlands, woodlands and glorious vistas of Quincy, Massachusetts and the south shore where she now lives and her cabin in Ossipee, New Hampshire and the White Mountains where she finds solitude gives her ample inspiration for painting. Trips to the Maine coast and Vermont offer great additional and endless places to stop and paint. It is no wonder that such a range of American painters have found their way here to New England. Among her favorites are Marsden Hartley, Lois Dodd and Milton Avery. Her paintings show close connections to the earth because of the unusual perspectives that she finds to insure a closeness to her subject. Color is of essence to Yvonne and this joy can be felt in her work. And, of course, as the earth becomes more threatened, she hopes her paintings will inspire others to take time to appreciate and celebrate our planet.