Perky Edgerton
Dear Friends,
There’s something grounding and healing for me in the simple act of tending my garden. I find pleasure in every task, whether it’s weeding, planting, watering, pruning, or cutting fresh flowers, and in learning about each plant, one at a time. This summer I’ve acquainted myself with bugloss, coral bells in different colors, hostas, lavender, phlox, and hibiscus. Digging in the dirt and coaxing flowers and plants to flourish feels like nurturing myself as much as the garden, and it’s helped me navigate grief as well as brought quiet thrills and moments of peace. Whether I’m working alone or alongside a gardening friend, for 5 minutes or 5 hours, there is always something to be done. To me, gardening is the original artist’s palette, feeding both body and soul...
“From the beginning, I’ve wanted to make something beautiful out of my experiences, something to share with other people. For many years this meant painting landscapes and depicting the nuances of light and color. These new abstract paintings still concern the light and my experiences in particular places. But now, without realism, they’re free to become something new. I feel I’m building a painting in real-time instead of making a recording of the past.
...My personal connection can be about internal visual travel, in the sense that I revisit old memories, but I want to emphasize that the construction of the painting is completely about the physical relationship of color and space...My desire for this summertime feeling seems inexhaustible, and though I’ve been trying for many years, I don’t feel like I am ever really satisfied.” - Kurt Moyer.’"
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