How can an artist share with her viewers an experience that they have never even heard about? Much like describing color to a blind person, my art translates my synesthetic experiences into two dimensional artworks.
The images that I share with you here are part of my “Synesthesia and Fluidity” series. When I paint en plein air (where all of my art begins) I experience synesthesia—the colors of the landscape become actual sounds to me. I embrace these intimate experiences with nature, and back in the studio I interpret them through abstract compositions.
In “Synesthesia and Fluidity” color literally pours across the picture plane. It flows like an ocean current. It shifts like sands in the desert, and it puddles like a tidal pool.
All images © 2025 Deb Strong Napple