"Painting is additive and reductive. You have an impulse. It drives you to act, and the first stage is a thin veneer of self. As the work moves forward, so does the deepening of your investigation, and daily histories.I use landscape as a signifier for the human spirit. It can hold you in the light, or send you packing into dense foliage. But In my emotional life, I seek for the honesty of a one way ticket, with no guarantees, and a few great journeys."

-Gail Chase-Bien