McReynolds studied a wide range of mediums including monoprint at the II Bisonte in Florence, Italy, sculpture and jewelry design at the College of Marin in California, and silkscreen at the Art Institute in Berkeley. Originally from Rosenheim, Germany, McReynolds now lives in Sonoma, CA.
"My work is a continuous investigation of abstraction and exploration of the human form. It is a visual diary, a 'paper trail' of a process, spontaneous yet deliberate, personal yet universal.
I work in series that can start as a concept of the mind, an idea, a thought, a vision of a finished work, or it can begin as an emotion, a feeling, a process of the heart. When I work on a theme, like stripes for example, I explore it in oil, acrylic, and encaustic, working figuratively and abstractly until it exhausts itself or leads to another theme. I apply what I’ve learned from working with shapes, forms, and lines in my abstract paintings to finding the simplicity that is needed for abstracting a figure. Similarly, my abstract work profits from my figurative experience.
I work in layers of paint, creating luminous color, depth, and voluptuous texture. Painting for me is a dynamic intuitive process. A drip or smear can reveal part of that process. I like that! "
