Green as a Theme

It is interesting how we are influenced, even in non-representational abstract art, by the events going on around us.  With the effects of global warming and impending devastation to our planet, thinking "green" has been swirling around my unconsious as well as my conscious thoughts.

I don't usually choose colors for their symbolic or thematic impact, yet the intensity and quantity of  green in some of my paintings lately seems to me to be significant.  Of course green had many connotations of life, vegetation, and the "natural" world long before the green political movement began.  Green has always been prominent in my work.  Perhaps now I am simply more consciously aware of its significance. 

Three green paintings currently on my art website are Green Is Good, The Importance of Being Green, and Seeing You This Way:

A green-themed painting I just finished is "Green Here and There: "

In the first three paintings, green overwhelms the canvas.  In the last, its effect is more subtle, but still dominates. 

Noticing what I've done with green makes me want to explore this theme further.  We'll see.  I don't usually start with a plan of action.