TRANSCENDENT Akutan The beautiful and familiar surroundings

The beautiful and familiar surroundings of Southern Southeast Alaska provide her with unlimited inspiration

He primarily creates images of Ketchikan’s people and landscapes in oil paint and pastels

Rie Munoz was born in Van Nuys

but seldom do a painting of just men

TRANSCENDENT Akutan The beautiful and familiar surroundingsOpen edition print by Alaskan artist V Rae Image size: 12" x 16" Artist narrative: I made the nervous transition from Realism, to what I call Freestyle Expressions, when I began to sense the ineffable in every expression of nature I wanted to paint. Ineffable means too great, powerful and beautiful to be expressed. So it wasnt long until my composition moved from controlling definition to awe of the ineffable. In sports, freestyle pushes the envelope