Stumped Series #14: Thinking To Oneself. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 48” x 36”.
“As an artist and avid hiker, I find that my sojourns into nature are converted into allegorical images when I return to my studio. Images that reflect the way experiencing nature has embedded itself in my senses and every sinew of my being. Thus, both my painting and photography explore the edges of environmental concerns and philosophical longing. I strive to make them meditative and soulful… modern, yet somehow ancient… universal in expression, yet deeply introspective… with an inner strength that is often wrapped in dreaminess.”
Lee Musgrave
Lee Musgrave’s art has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He is an award-winning artist and was honored with an Artist Trust / National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Painting. His work is in the Washington Arts Commission, Art In Public Places Collection and the City of Portland (OR), Portable Works Collection amongst others (click Resume for more info).
Lee and his wife, Heidi, live in High Prairie, Washington. His studio has views of a beautiful valley and Mount Adams… with lots of hiking trails nearby. “Time, memory and nature are the central motifs of my work. They are my muse and provide boundless inspiration. I am intuitively compelled to explore how life and humanities place in the universe is continuously defined by them,” states the artist.
Lee’s art work is not only concerned with how we relate to time, memory and nature, but how we are inseparable from them. Working with both representational and semi-abstract images, it is this broader conversation that keeps evolving in his thoughts and work.
The evolution of his work has advanced through a sequence of “Series” and though his visual conclusions vary, his social and aesthetic core holds steady in each Series. Rich in terms of reference, he favors spontaneity with a blend of insightful playfulness. Presented in Paintings/Drawings/Photos, in reverse chronological order, is an overview of some of those Series. To gain a full appreciation of his approach to painting and photography you are invited to view all sections of the website.
There are many more images available from each Series than are shown throughout the site. Should you wish further information about an individual work or Series… or should you desire to view more works from a particular Series just send an e-mail to: lee@leemusgrave.com.
© Lee Musgrave 2009-2012. All rights reserved. No images or text may be used without permission of the artist.