ARTIST STATEMENT
Jennifer Roberts Almodova


Nature’s integrated visual symphonies and operas play perfectly in billions of ways every second. These processes inspire me to create. Rather than inventing something anew, painting for me is more a process of aligning with what is, experiencing presence to these felt mysteries through creating. Nature as a whole has perfection fully constellated throughout it, but we humans don’t necessarily see it that way.

There's something humbling about the slipperiness of the watercolor medium, about how each painting is unique. The medium requires surrender to this fascinating negotiation, but ultimately demands the voluntary suspension of expectation. This is where I begin to fall in love with the surprise of it all, sometimes weeks into a painting.

One yields to its many variables by being flexible and adaptable to its demands. In my experience, larger paintings require a balancing act. 

And “it” all meets in the work… Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, hope for The Future.

Thank you.
Jennifer Roberts Almodova.