Hello, it's Antrice, and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter podcast.

Celia Riceman is my guest today.

Celia paints suburban landscapes, specifically the neighborhood she has been living in for over 30 years.

And in this interview, she discusses her process of creating those paintings and how she adapted her work methods to fit her personality.

Observational drawings are integral to her work method, and while she does paint plain air, it is her

field sketches that feed her large scale studio paintings.

Celia talks about memory, instinct, and how she constructs her large scale works, not

being satisfied with traditional proportions, for example.

Early on, Celia played with an extremely limited palette, which is probably why she has such a sensitive eye for color.

This episode is a lot about Celia's process of making a painting,

the shifting balance between planning and having control while letting the painting

evolve throughout the process.

Here is Celia Riceman.

Celia, thank you so much for being on the savvy painter podcast.

I'm happy to be here and Tracey. Thanks for asking me.

Was there an artist that you admired when you were young that sort of inspired you to be an

artist yourself?

When I was young, I had a great program

in my junior high school and high school art program.

So I was the

the the Cleveland Art Institute and across the street

was the Cleveland Museum of Art. And so sometimes my parents were late and picking me up so I would walk around the museum.

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