Copper Leaves - 10" x 10" x 1.5"

10” x 10” x 1.5” Mixed media

Rhonda Counts’ works are instantly recognizable for their unique textures. She creates her canvases by sculpting various mediums, at times finger-painting patterns, and “impressing” natural elements, such as leaves, into the mediums. Fluid acrylics are then applied, letting the colors flow over and in the textural crevices. In the flow, there is a constant applying, lifting and reworking of the paints over the texture.

Inspiration for this method came during her career as an Art Director for Walt Disney Imagineering. An intriguing technique used by the Disney Imagineers, is stamping patterns into cementitious materials to create “natural themed landscapes”. Rhonda has adapted this technique in her painting process. In her studio in Fleetwood, PA, Rhonda enjoys the serenity and mindfulness in the process of creating art. She enjoys the challenge of working with various mediums, but often finds the subject determines the medium chosen.

“Nature has always been the inspiration for my paintings, a way to perhaps capture a bit of those ‘awe moments’ one encounters now and then in the presence of nature’s beauty. I am on a journey of discovery with my art, now that I have the time to pursue my passion to paint.”