Lilian Garcia-Roig received her BFA from Southern Methodist University in 1988 and her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. She is an Associate Professor at Florida State University, Department of Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida.
Artist’s Statement: “I am a perceptually-based, plein-air landscape painter trying to capture the character of seemingly ordinary dense landscape in a way that reflects a passionate engagement with the scene and with the painting process. I work on-site and paint in a wet-on-wet manner because this combination is the best way to capture the multi-dimensional and ever-changing experience of a landscape and achieve an expanded sense of time in my work. For me, the passage of time is necessary for experiencing changing light, and hence color and forms.By creating the illusion of recognizable trees, I draw the viewers comfortably into what they perceive is a conventional space.Up close, however, the images break down: the lush, gestural paint marks and occasional raw patches of canvas help to reinforce for the viewer the two-dimensional character of abstract painting as an activity as much as an end product.”
