In 2023, I began work in a new studio in a new state. The experience has brought me full circle back to working from observation, needing to internalize and document my surroundings and in doing so disclose the source of inspiration for my previous abstract work of many years. I am a nature girl.
A rural art practice has impressed upon me a new form of attention and utility. With simple tools, a slender stick with a few soft hairs, oily pigments and cloth, I measure time and let it go. Place has taught me this.
— Cathleen Daley