"Be Still", acrylic/canvas, 36"x48"

"Hold every moment sacred.  Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each it's true and due fulfillment."

~ Thomas Mann

My paintings are my attempt to connect to the heart and to the mind.  In my interiors, I want to go beyond the physical and convey the inspiration and the serenity I experience in my surroundings.  I am drawn to the everyday.

My goal is to create a sanctuary, a quiet place of contemplation.  To share a tranquil spot with a viewer and offer a quiet place to 'sit down' and rest, to create something beautiful out of the ordinary.  There is beauty in every thing and I choose to translate this beauty in my paintings by combining simplicity, light and colour.  I draw with my brush, manipulating the subject in acrylic paint to share the beauty of imperfection, creating sculptural form.

The foremost emotion I am attempting to convey is joy; it is all around us in forms we may not see or appreciate.  A warm bed to crawl into, a comfortable chair to sit in and a book that will take one to places never imagined.  These are my simple pleasures.

- Veronica Funk