LAGSTEIN GALLERY
FEB 16 - MAR 16
In these intimate pieces I have used Yupo in a rather unconventional way. Yupo paper is actually not paper but rather a plastic sheet. Artists like to use it with watercolor or pouring mediums where the paint flows freely and puddles in organic forms. I decided to try it with oil paint as that is my medium of choice. It proved to be quite resistant to the oil paint, but showed every mark, even when wiped with a soft brush or tissue. The images began to reveal themselves almost as if they were being sculpted. I enjoyed this process since much of my work involves subtractive as well as additive methods.
Moonrise, Paula Schiller
Nature has as always been the source and inspiration for my work.
My aim is to capture the vitality and integrity of the earth and atmosphere.
My process is often initiated through drawing in nature where the beauty of relationship and movement can be studied. As with all of nature, physical forces and material properties build and layer, shift and balance, weather and wear. My work is to authentically express this evolving process through line, form, color, gesture and weight. All of which interacts through this emerging process until a painting appears.
Standing Tall Gretchen Kane
This collection of small-scale works are meditations on the connection to nature as a higher state of being. Different forms, often animals or plants, are laid in with oil paint on wood or canvas then layered with glazes and traces of charcoal until the images deepen into abstraction. A muted palette allows the forms to emerge quietly and reflect an influence of Tapies and Morandi.
Winged Crown Anne Harmon