Paint is a living substance---not what   you cover a canvas with.                               

I extend Oliveira’s use of “paint” to all media placed on a surface during the spirit of art making. Manipulating media, “a living substance,” on a surface is an active experience between the hand and the mind, the body and the medium.  In my current work, the manipulation of this living substance includes an ongoing series depicting key women in my life. “Seamstress and Grandson” depicts my beloved mother-in-law quietly mending pants for her grandson, my son.

-Brenda Berg