Aaron Schuerr

Aaron Schuerr

“My art is borne out my inability to absorb, comprehend, and understand the natural world. I’m overwhelmed, and yet I can’t tear myself away. And so I paint, so as to stay there for just a little while longer. And then I return to the studio so as to digest what I’ve experienced while painting in the field. And then I take that frightening step: I invite the viewer to add his or her own story to it. At the sight of a beautiful sunset we instinctively turn to the person next to us, be it friend or stranger, to see if they are looking too. And if they are, we feel a kinship with them. No two people experience a sunset in the same way, and yet we can experience it together. Though painting is largely a solitary endeavor; it is never a lonely one, because I am invited to share in the ineffable mystery of beauty. And that is where the art is.”