Angelita Surmon, submitted artwork
Angelita Surmon
Painting
Portland, Oregon
Angelita Surmon is an Oregon artist who lives and works in Portland. Her current paintings and glass work reflect a deep-rooted love of the landscape and an acknowledgment of the path led by other landscape artists. Her work is inspired artists from Monet to Mitchell and many in between. Her works are informed by the landscape observed up close. She is particularly drawn to the tangled grasses and reflections at the water’s edge, and the branches and thickets of the forest understory. It’s nature’s wild calligraphy that speaks to her. She has exhibited in galleries nationally for over 40 years and enjoys working on private and public commissions.
Works
Angelita Surmon, submitted artwork
I like to dance on the line between representation and abstraction, and the natural world is my best teacher. Walking in the landscape, observing seasonal changes expands my relationship with a place, as well as my vocabulary of color, line and form. I enjoy close scrutiny of the inner workings and structure of the landscape. Along with the natural world, my influences range from medieval tapestries to northwest visionary Mark Tobey, and many others in between. The landscape informs my work, and I interpret it in an abstracted way, working to create a meditative image that invites the viewer to enter and wander.
