Hard Earned Uncertainty No. 57 Original Painting by Suzan Friedland

Original watercolor, ink & graphite painting on watercolor paper. It is on 12 inch x 16 inch cold press, heavyweight Arches watercolor paper. There is only one of this item. ABOUT THE SERIES FROM THE ARTIST: HARD EARNED UNCERTAINTYThe natural environment is a powerful source of inspiration for my work. I spend quite a bit of time manipulating color and texture to portray both the color and topography of natural landscapes and the range of feelings they evoke. The recognition of impermanence informs much of my work. I gravitate towards the colors of fading flowers, the textures of clouds — natural elements that are continuously changing in perceptible and imperceptible ways. The attempt to express their ephemeral qualities in a static form is inherently paradoxical: my meditation practice has helped me learn to embrace rather than avoid this seemingly contradictory effort. Here in the Mojave, the interplay of growth and decay is embedded in geological instability: gneiss, and granit