Influences

 

"Canada Geese" February 27, 2011 Watercolor on paper

A friend of mine recently posted a Mark Rothko painting on his website. I was reminded the noted Canadian wildlife artist, Robert Bateman, observed that Rothko’s paintings are abstract landscapes, which, I believe, Rothko himself had said. Bateman said one of his own paintings, a picture of a goose flying over a marsh, was essentially a Rothko with a goose added. Well, I’ve tried to emulate that to a certain degree. I am, of course, not Robert Bateman or Mark Rothko!