About
Process, Methods and Inspiration:
Preferring the richness and sensuousness of oils, Waiksnis paints skyscapes on a grand scale on canvases as large as six feet. The movement, diverse colors and immense power of our skies is a fascinating subject and one she never tires of painting. Using large brushes, palette knives and sometimes her fingers, R. Waiksnis is a direct application painter, mixing the colors directly on the canvas. Striving for a bold, fresh look her interpretations of her natural surroundings is more of a feeling than actual interpretation.
"My inspiration and creative process is driven almost entirely by a desire to achieve a balance within the painting. A marriage of opposites: dark tones vs. light, up vs. down, calm vs. chaos, movement vs. stillness, warm vs. cool.The subject of most of my work, our skies, provides many perfect scenes that showcase this dance."
"Towards Night Over Glenloch" 2006
"After nearly three decades of collecting Art, I had the good fortune to discover Ms. Waiksnis. Her work is visionary: Her enormous skies possess a depth and power unrivaled in the art world."
Don Segal - Collector, 2006
"Without question, the physical act of painting is as satisfying to me as the finished painting itself. I stand, moving back and forth, trying to maintain that ideal balance between creative abandon and physical control. For me, it takes these actions to make a beautiful, finished painting that remains somewhat raw. I mix the oils directly on the canvas, and I almost always finish a painting in one sitting." R.W.
A.A in Fine Arts, Broward Community College
Continued studies, Florida International University & Clayton State University
Featured Artist Dunwoody Home Tour, 2007
Featured Painting; American Art Collector, February 2009
Artwork represented; Art Rent & Lease, www.artrentandlease.com, 275 Market St. #C-1, Minneapolis,M.N. 55415
Artwork represented, Gallery 3568, Charlotte, N.C.
Artwork represented,Xanadu Gallery, www.xanadugallery.com , 7039 E. Main St. #101, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Featured Artist - IFMA Conference, Atlanta- Georgia World Congress Center, October 2010
Finalist -Juried Show - Projekt30, November 2010 Competition, www.projekt30.com
Finalist - "International Art Search- Top 100", Published hardcover book and award received, January 2011www.internationalartsearch.com Book may be purchased through this site.
Finalist- Soft Canvas Curated "Landscape" Show, May 2011
Artist (R) with Lisa Powell at IFMA Conference
"If I've been given a creative purpose it is to paint our expansive, commanding skies. I showcase the power, turbulence, ever-changing colors and beauty that is our weather." R. Waiksnis 2008
With hundreds of paintings placed in corporate and private collections worldwide and having studied Fine Art to the University level, R. Waiksnis has established herself with a devoted following.
""I begin with a fairly strict idea of where I'm going; then, somewhere during the process, I cut myself loose. I love the energetic, raw emotion this gives a painting.
I'm a weather enthusiast, to be sure. Along with the white, fluffy clouds that make languid, lazy skies, I also love a stormy scene. It's that wildness and unpredictability of an approaching storm, or the sharp slice of vermilion against an indigo backdrop that appeal to me. I sometimes paint the stormiest skies with the canvas turned upside down. I love the contrast between a bright horizon sky, and a darker, deeper upper sky.
My goal is to create a conflict of colors and textures that result in a beautiful harmony on the canvas. Here my gestures are assured....These skies are the work I was meant to do." R. Waiksnis
