Landscapes

In my work, paint echoes the geologic processes of deposition and erosion. Gravity plays as much a role as direct mark-making. I reflect on the humbling vastness of our planet, the time scales over which this world changes, and the balance between its elements: sky, stone, water, life.

These paintings, started onsite, document the subtle, serene beauty in my local area at a specific time of day, time of year, weather circumstance, etc. But they also have a quality of continual change. In her book Timefulness, geologist Marcia Bjornerud describes rocks as being verbs, rather than nouns … visible records of massive events. When viewed in the context of what a stone represents, humanity is a small part of an ancient and ever-changing planet, and we are encouraged to see value in adaptation and long-term thinking. These are slowly evolving landscapes of the distant past, landscapes of our present, and landscapes of a future planet. 

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Anne Kaferle lives in Helper, UT.