Paintings representing a diverse repertoire, ranging from still life and landscapes to colorful fly fishing scenes. Her work has shown in many juried national exhibitions, including the Midwest and National Watercolor Societies.

Working in oil, Tricia May is known for her colorful still life paintings and western landscapes, many painted on location. Her artwork is shown in galleries across the country. Please visit her web site for more information.

Paintings inspired by Idaho’s wild places. Oil using a palette knife, watercolor with ink, and pastels created from sketches done on location. Presently exhibiting at the Maryhill Museum of Art for the exhibition, Sustaining Agriculture in America. My mentor is Idaho portrait painter John Collias, who helped me refine my techniques since l985.

Painter

My work takes many different forms, but the underlying content, is often the same. For me this is what creativity is all about, form arises from the dictates of inspiration. Content is the essence of art, and form is a vehicle to serve expression. To serve that expression, form must bend to the ever changing demands of creativity.

Painting landscapes, still life, Native Americans, and especially portraits, is my passion. I started drawing before kindergarten with the guidance of my Father. Ever since, making pictures has been at the core of my existence. It's always thrilling to experience the moment a painting takes a life of its own. One instant there is an amalgamation of marks on a surface and with the addition of a single stroke it is transformed.

Primarily, I paint landscapes, waterfowl, still-lifes and abstracts in oil and acrylics. I wish I had an elaborate statement of my philosophy and what moves me. All I can say is that if a subject, no matter the genre’, has those magical elements of color and mood that capture my interest then I feel that very familiar urge to transfer it to canvas. If I’m lucky I capture the feeling or the moment. If not then the canvas sits in the studio until I can figure out why.