In her foundational book, ‘Nature and Culture’ historian Barbara Novak calls George Inness ‘the still small voice…’ This description rings true. In Inness, we experience a soft voice expressing a vision through the malleable medium of paint. As painters, we draw inspiration from our fragile and beautiful earth, and, for me, this means offering the solace found in nature’s beautiful quietude. Exploring painting itself; to learn the endless possibilities of pigment, binder, and surface.