“Simply put, my work is my personal interaction and interpretation with a person or thing; confluence. Confluence reaches past the surface of materials and technique used in the process of creating, it is the result of an inner journey one travels in an effort to convey a personal vision. The process of painting is much more than recording the obvious. My goal is to say as much as I can about my subject without saying it all so that it leaves the viewer to become an integral part of the painting.
In my compositions, I am aware of the formal aspects of design. Although a feeling or emotion toward a subject may be the impetus for my paintings it is the interaction between shapes and spatial relationships that emanate energy within the two-dimensional surface.
More than technique, it is how we interpret our own personal vision through our medium that elevates an ordinary subject into a work of art, one that resonates long after. I feel strongly in the versatility and flexibility of the medium and go to great lengths to push the medium in directions that may not be considered characteristic to traditional watercolor.”-Nancy Gaucher-Thomas