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Portia Mortensen would describe her paintings as “notations of balance”. This series of paintings is inspired by three major influences: the canopy of color suspended through the change of season in my adopted home of Pennsylvania; her relationship to the horses she trains and learns from everyday; and the concept of visual pattern that is found in written language. These influences all converge to determine the feel, movement and content of each piece.
Moving from Zimbabwe, Africa, to the East Coast, opened her up to the generosity of color offered by the seasons. Spring heralds in longed-for warmth and flowering trees, in summer the daylilies shimmer in heat and humidity, fall sees the leaves dazzle in death, and winter purges the canvas with whiteness and brilliant light.
This ever-changing suspension of color influences her painting at its core level.
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