Primary Medium

Painting

Address

253 Greenpoint Ave
2nd floor, studio 6
Brooklyn, 11222

Artist Statement

I paint landscapes in oil. With the current state of the world my practice has shifted towards an anxious necessity to grasp the beauty in a fleeting season, day, moment. Sometimes I make work directly about the effects of climate change, beetle kill and forest fires, how the remains of the forest regrow. More broadly, I think about how nature is cyclical. When I can get to nature, I have a plein air practice that feeds my studio work. Excursions in the field and the immediacy of painting from life make the work fresh. Being out in nature I remember why I choose to paint landscapes. Sometimes I just need to paint from observation, and I paint the view out of my studio window. There is nature everywhere.

Links

Website: http://ivyhickam.com
Instagram: @ivyhickam