Read on boldbrush.substack.com Welcome to BoldBrush Collector, a daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists. Today's Newsletter is Brought to You by BoldBrush CircleCreating Art is about Creating Magic. BoldBrush Recommends: Caitlin Leline HatchBiographyCaitlin Leline Hatch is best known for her soulful, impressionistic watercolor paintings, with work that reflects the essence of its subjects. In animals, figures and landscapes, Leline Hatch captures the interplay of light, shadow and color, and reveals the everyday magic all around us. Leline Hatch has been dedicated to watercolor for over 20 years. Her work has been featured in The Art of Watercolor magazine, the Watercolor Artist magazine, the PleinAir magazine and the American Watercolor and Fine Art Connoisseur newsletters. She has been selected into the prestigious American Impressionistic Society's exhibitions and the Northwest Watercolor Society's exhibitions and it's International Exhibition where it won 1st place in 2022. Her work has won "Best Landscape," "Best Animals" and "Best Western" Awards in the Plein Air Salon Competitions and received the Hardy Gallery People's Choice award. Her private commissions hang in homes across the country. A native of Door County, Wisconsin, Leline Hatch grew up on a horse farm, and her childhood imprinted her with a specific sensitivity toward animals and rural landscapes. Today, Leline Hatch lives on a dairy farm in Wisconsin's Driftless region, where her family raises cows, horses and chickens, and makes artisan cheese (uplandscheese.com). The rural countryside continues to be her main source of inspiration. With her art, Leline Hatch pushes pause on our distracted, modern lives, and invites us to consider overlooked moments of natural beauty. Her art makes ordinary moments, extraordinary. Artist Statement Watercolor is a journey of discovery. At times it's unpredictable, yet that instability is what brings magic and wonder to my canvas. For me, it is a life metaphor; a reminder that unplanned detours can bring unexpected, joyful discoveries. I use a wet-into-wet technique that allows the water and pigments to move freely while still allowing me to steer the painting toward an established vision. This tension between spontaneity and control brings a special vitality to my process and to the paintings themselves. It allows me let go and have faith in the process while at the same time capture the important details that tell the story. Learn More About Caitlin Leline Hatch Who Does Kevin Macpherson Trust with His Website? New Artwork by FASO Members Your art could be here tomorrow, for free. |