Artist’s Statement

After a 20 year career in the Air Force and several years in the corporate world I started taking art classes at the local community colleges and found it enjoyable and relaxing. Now that I no longer have to work full time I spend a lot of time painting. I have developed a style that is somewhat realist and impressionist. My work seems to be evolving toward something a little more abstract but I haven’t gotten there yet. I started with oil paint and later switched to acrylics. I tend to like the bright colors I get with acrylics and find it easier to blend shades as I’m working. I also don’t have the patience to wait for the oil paints to dry.
I ride a motorcycle and travel throughout the United States taking photos that I use as starting points for my landscape paintings.

Since I live in Texas I have a lot of Texas scenes but I also return home to visit my family in Indiana so there are some scenes from the midwest as well as some from the southeast. I especially enjoy painting flowers and trees with man made structures as they intrude on the natural landscapes.

Mason Cox