PAINTINGS


“In her large Idaho woods paintings there is a sense that she understood the possibility and power of painting both as a courageous and poetic act.  As the painter Agnes Martin wrote: “We perceive-We see.  We see with our eyes and we see with our minds.  We want to see the truth about life and all of beauty.  Both are a great mystery to us.”  It is as if Martin were describing Romey’s paintings and drawings…the way they are suffused with life and beauty, immersed in these mysteries.

“What separates paintings of landscapes from landscape paintings is that authentic, sincere landscape paintings are about the relationship of the painter with the land, the land as an expressive, responsive presence. Communion…an exchange. The formal elements lead the viewer into the place. Strong diagonals guide the eye, into the picture plane. Lush and surprising interplay of colors invite the viewer. You are transported. Painting and seeing become an act of participation, inviting us into her experience with the places where she lived and worked hard to get to.” —Ben Mitchell

Hope Passage

172x102 cm (68x102 in) Oil on canvas

Trestle Creek

172x236 cm (68x93 in) Oil on canvas

Pole Bridge

182x203 cm (72x80 in) Oil on canvas

Split

Split

101x116 cm (40x46 in) Oil on canvas

Submerged II

182x236 cm (72x93 in) Oil on canvas

Float

Float

142x137 cm (56x54 in) Oil on canvas

Pod

Pod

152x132 cm (60x52 in) Oil on canvas

Eye of the Shallows

Eye of the Shallows

91x106 cm (36x42 in) Oil on canvas

Chrysallis

Chrysallis

203x177 cm (80x70 in) Oil on canvas

Mirrored Pond

Mirrored Pond

35x35 cm (14x14 in) Oil on wood

Confluence

Confluence

177x106 cm (70x42 in) Oil on canvas

Ebb / Flow

Ebb / Flow

177x152 cm (70x60 in) Oil on canvas

Shift

Shift

182x177 cm (72x70 in) Oil on canvas

Riser Creek

Riser Creek

172x236 cm (68x93 in) Oil on canvas

Beckers Gulch

Beckers Gulch

208x172 cm (82x68 in) Oil on canvas

Howe Mountain

Howe Mountain

35x35 cm (70x60 in) Oil on canvas

Denton Slough

Denton Slough

172x236 cm (68x93 in) Oil on canvas

Dry Creek Basin

Dry Creek Basin

203x172 cm (80x68 in) Oil on canvas

Snag

Snag

198x76 cm (78x30 in) Oil on canvas

Seed

Seed

190x203 cm (75x80 in) Oil on canvas

Tangle

Tangle

40x55 cm (16x22 in) Oil on canvas

Backbay Revisited

Backbay Revisited

91x76 cm (36x30 in) Oil on canvas

Ballast

Ballast

35x35 cm (70x60 in) Oil on canvas

Wound

Wound

127x137 cm (50x54 in) Oil on canvas