Barbara Perrotti
Ormond Beach, Florida

www.pleinairflorida.org/perrotti.htm

To keep excitement in a painting involves putting down a color that leaves one breathless, picking up a brush that feels too big for the job. It is my obligation to myself to keep that "little light of mine" burning. I begin each of my paintings by abstracting the subject. It is then (as I teach my students) my choice what degree of reality I bring to the canvas.

To be an artist is a privilege. It gives me the opportunity to share with others the way I see the world. I am forever fascinated with color, shapes and texture. They are like precious gifts that have been given me to convey what I feel about the world around me.

I have spent several years as a studio artist and portraitist. Now, working in the open air, experiencing the sound of birds, the smell of rain, the heat of the sun and the feel of the wind, I am in a new phase. I have grown from the plein air experience and my projected goal is to continue en plein air combining figure and landscape. I am at the threshold of where I have been headed all my life, at the beginning....A great feeling.