Current/Inscapes 2011/2012/
Paintings based on my emotional responses to my environment, and my internal world. I term these 'Inscapes,' or 'Paintscapes,' as they are often metaphors for landscape rather than depictions of place.
"Pictorial life is created reality."
(Hans Hofmann)
Often I like to start either with a memoryof a place, or from marks placed at random on the canvas. Through these I recreate the memory in terms of paint, texture and marks, or explore the paint until it find its own form and has a resonance that 'feels right.' These paintings are usually worked on for a long period of time, to find their form. Sometimes I destroy the image completely, and in that process find the thing I was looking for.
"Pictorial life is created reality."
(Hans Hofmann)
Often I like to start either with a memoryof a place, or from marks placed at random on the canvas. Through these I recreate the memory in terms of paint, texture and marks, or explore the paint until it find its own form and has a resonance that 'feels right.' These paintings are usually worked on for a long period of time, to find their form. Sometimes I destroy the image completely, and in that process find the thing I was looking for.
!['Just Another Hill.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Just Another Hill.'
!['Leaving.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Leaving.'
!['The Path.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/The_Path_-_Copy_thumb.jpg)
'The Path.'
!['Flying over Latvia.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Flying_Over_Latvia_oil_and_acrylic_on_canvas_70_x_80cm_thumb.jpg)
'Flying over Latvia.'
!['Flying into Riga Airport,'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Flying into Riga Airport,'
!['Twists and Turns.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Paintscape_4_1_thumb.jpg)
'Twists and Turns.'
!['Edges,'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Edges,'
![Nicosia Through Bougainvillea](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
Nicosia Through Bougainvillea
![March 29th](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
March 29th
!['The Hill.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'The Hill.'
!['Passage'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Passage'
!['Swings, Roundabouts and Ceanothus.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Swings, Roundabouts and Ceanothus.'
!['Paintscape,'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Paintscape,'
!['I Pushed the Rain Away.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/I_Pushed_the_Rain_Away_thumb.jpg)
'I Pushed the Rain Away.'
!['Permission.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Permission.'
![Symphony of Choices](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Symphony_of_Choices_2_thumb.jpg)
Symphony of Choices
![Square Choices](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
Square Choices
![In Between](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
In Between
![My Story](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
My Story
!['Homage to Spring.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/226516_10150249036518894_7164783_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Homage to Spring.'
![A Landscape of Choices](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/528684_10150751532603894_2037269301_n1_thumb.jpg)
A Landscape of Choices
![Looking Through](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/396418_10150706148453894_1383535881_n1_thumb.jpg)
Looking Through
!['Forms.' (2), Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40cms](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Forms.' (2), Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40cms
!['Forms,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 40cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/229085_10150249051338894_6724280_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Forms,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 40cm
!['A Clearing in the Forest.' 2011, Oil and acrylic on board, 14ins x 18ins](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/164595_10150104017748894_6728004_n1_thumb.jpg)
'A Clearing in the Forest.' 2011, Oil and acrylic on board, 14ins x 18ins
!['Terrain,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on board, 61cm x 31cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/384537_10150532321913894_1532070896_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Terrain,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on board, 61cm x 31cm
!['Afiromeni.' 2012, Oil and acrylic on board, 61cm x 31cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/398525_10150542294008894_1418327793_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Afiromeni.' 2012, Oil and acrylic on board, 61cm x 31cm
!['Paphos Memory.' 2011, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75cm x 65cm](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Paphos Memory.' 2011, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75cm x 65cm
!['Spring Valley,' 2012, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 40cm](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Spring Valley,' 2012, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 40cm
!['May.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'May.'
!['Park Ensemble,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75cm x 75cm](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Park Ensemble,' 2012, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75cm x 75cm
!['Choppy Seas in a Box.' Oil and acrylic on canvas, 80cm x 80cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/205827_10150322056228894_3687736_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Choppy Seas in a Box.' Oil and acrylic on canvas, 80cm x 80cm
!['Nicosia and Washing.'](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'Nicosia and Washing.'
!['Entrance.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/399950_10150685913853894_1963654518_n1_thumb.jpg)
'Entrance.'
!['The Red Hill.'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/293595_10150381026888894_1221073100_n1_thumb.jpg)
'The Red Hill.'
!['The Best May Blossom Ever.' 2010<br>
Acrylic on board, 91 x 60cm](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
'The Best May Blossom Ever.' 2010
Acrylic on board, 91 x 60cm
![Overlapping Meanings](_graphics/bigshim.gif)
Overlapping Meanings
!['Forest and Lake,'<br>
Oil and Acrylic on board, 2009<br>
61cm x 28cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Forest_and_Lake_thumb.jpg)
'Forest and Lake,'
Oil and Acrylic on board, 2009
61cm x 28cm
!['Coastal Landscape, 2.'<br>
Oil and acrylic on board, 2007](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Coastal_Landscape_2_2_thumb.jpg)
'Coastal Landscape, 2.'
Oil and acrylic on board, 2007
!['Polis Bay, Cyprus, Approaching Storm.'<br>
Oil on board](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Polis_Bay_Cyprus_Approaching_Storm_thumb.jpg)
'Polis Bay, Cyprus, Approaching Storm.'
Oil on board
!['Out of Reach.'<br>
Oil on Board](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/Out_of_Reach_thumb.jpg)
'Out of Reach.'
Oil on Board
!['Early Summer, Journey.'<br>
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2009<br>
40cm x 30cm](https://amazon.clikpic.com/fionastan/images/2_thumb.jpg)