Visual Diaries and Other Works on Paper (2015)
Furious Scribbles: A Spontaneous Mark Making Process that Generates a Visual Language and Tell Narratives
I give free rein to impulses with movement and gestures that leave marks. These impulses rise in moments of overwhelm and turmoil. When there is no longer room to contain the emotional energy inside, I feel the necessity to journal, draw and paint in my visual diaries, make images of places, houses, household objects like a cup, a jar
I imagine these are auxiliary inner spaces for use when it gets tight inside. As I scribble to release the excess energy, marks accumulate on the painting surface. Through the juxtaposition and superimposition of calligraphic and choreographic forms images begin to emerge. Sometimes the initial markings reveal a place or an architectural, animalistic or the human figure. The surface gains depth through overlay of gesture, line and shape,
I give free rein to impulses with movement and gestures that leave marks. These impulses rise in moments of overwhelm and turmoil. When there is no longer room to contain the emotional energy inside, I feel the necessity to journal, draw and paint in my visual diaries, make images of places, houses, household objects like a cup, a jar
I imagine these are auxiliary inner spaces for use when it gets tight inside. As I scribble to release the excess energy, marks accumulate on the painting surface. Through the juxtaposition and superimposition of calligraphic and choreographic forms images begin to emerge. Sometimes the initial markings reveal a place or an architectural, animalistic or the human figure. The surface gains depth through overlay of gesture, line and shape,
In Place and Displaced (2015)
Silver Point Drawings
Bird and Fish Displaced (2009) Silver Point on Paper, 25 x 35cm
Private Collection
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