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random thoughts:

4/7/2014

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It's playfully sensual to apply thick gesso with my hands. The marks of my hands create ridges and patterns  -  as if I'm desperately grasping  for something. In a strange way my hands create a self-portrait of my hands - a self portrait of me.

The origin of my Touch Series:  My show Coming Undone at Archway Gallery in September of 2014 consisted of 25 paintings and 7 photographs. These paintings were brightly colored, fairly tight, oil paintings. After the show I wanted to play. I looked around my studio and found all sorts of interesting materials. Instead of the small brushes I use for oil paint, I began using my hands to apply thick gesso onto the canvas. It was like a physical release. Then I applied layers and layers of various acrylic paints and mediums. The upper layers are diluted with medium so that the layers beneath are visible. I used iridescent, metallic and interference acrylic paints. My first 3 painting in this series were rather dark. Then I began to play with more color. These paintings have a physical depth to them. Light plays across the reflective surfaces and the shadows created by the thick texture. Their character is mercurial, changing as the light changes. 03.19.14
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  • home
  • news & press
  • portfolio
    • paintings >
      • no matter what, keep the hand moving
      • covid dreams
      • spill 2019
      • becoming paint 2017
      • touch series II
      • touch series I
      • sweet nothings
      • coming undone
      • unabashed color
      • caliente
      • space
      • black paintings >
        • body politic
        • dance
        • life lines
    • political work
    • photographs >
      • studio detrius
      • corporal vista series
      • surf series
    • drawings
    • sculpture >
      • changelings
      • paper dance
      • piano parts
    • videos >
      • video by donna e perkins
      • video by others >
        • Houston Art Tribe 2nd Episode by Kay Sarver
        • exposure , wagner sousa modern art
        • paper dance sculptures
        • caliente
        • entanglements
  • cv
    • about >
      • social practice
  • links
  • contact
  • blog