Title Pending, 2020, Pigments and clays from Sedona, Joshua Tree, Georgia and New Mexico, 56"x44"
My natural pigment paintings follow a similar sentiment to my “Automatic” paintings in that they also are about processing anxiety related to my surroundings and an increasingly tumultuous relationship to the United States as a whole. In an effort to reconnect with the landscape and the essence of our country, I gathered pigments from states along my recent cross country trip including: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia.
Each state has its own nuanced ochres, as well as its own nuanced approach to our country's current crises. I have been making oil paints with the collected pigments and creating abstract paintings in response to the collective uncertainty felt across our nation. Below are samples from Sedona and the rocks that the pigment was taken from:
The process is a search for hope and my own place within this world.
She Left Behind Small Traces, 2020, 27” x 21” Handmade pigments sourced from clays, charcoal and ash throughout Georgia [sold]
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