Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Sara MastBentz, Heather Heise2013-06-252013-06-252008https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/904My paintings are abstractions of the repeated patterns, shapes and structure I see and experience every day. My inspiration comes in many forms: found objects dropped or discarded by others, plowed and planted acres of soil, fence posts along edges of fields, blasts of train whistles and the silent spaces between them. All share similarities of repetition-the positive/negative relationship of reoccurrences with a cadence of structure and order but which never can be fully captured or contained.enFound objects (Art)Repetition (Aesthetics)ThesisCopyright 2008 by Heather Heise Bentz