"People ask me this all the time. What do you want to paint? Where are you going to paint today? I’m totally sincere when I say I do not know until I look around. My decision seldom has to do with a particular subject. No matter where I go or what motif is before me, I can usually find some design elements, light/dark relationships, patterns, shapes, or something that just catches my eye. I love to paint it all from buildings and street scenes to cows, hillsides, and marshes, to portraits and still lifes. More often, I’m intrigued by the way interesting shapes connect. I like to say that I do not paint 'nouns.' I prefer to paint 'adjectives,' such as the mood of a particular setting or the feel of a place or the character of a person. To me that is more important than a replica of a 'thing.'"
Lori Putnam
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