Deanna Lee
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
texture . I enjoy the close attention and meditative handiwork that are part of the process . The compositional foundations of my works include improvised , intuitive gestures as well as schemes that come from tracings or rubbings of surfaces . Usually I will start with a scheme that originates from a found source and then elaborate on it . The paintings are built very slowly , though ; what might look like a quick gesture is made of countless , repetitive layers . I like the contradiction that might exist in the work : that slow and deliberate marks accumulate to impart an impression of fluidity .
A-mare ( 2011 ; acrylic on paper ; 58.5 x 34.75 in / 148.59 x 88.265 cm )
sustenance . I think of my method of drawing as a process of controlled doodling , of building form or space through many small increments . Basically , I start with a set of points and draw lines to connect them , but the accumulation of many close lines creates a visual pattern , rhythm , and
What has at once captured our attention of your inquiry into abstracted images of nature is the way you provide the visual results of your analysis within an autonomous aesthetic . While walking our readers through the genesis of your AWGP series , would you shed light on your usual process and set up ? In particular , what are your usual sources of inspiration ?
I have always found wood grain attractive but didn ’ t know how to address my fondness for it in a satisfying way until a few years ago . With the AWGP paintings , I embrace the grain patterns , using them as the information that drives the work ; each painting in the series is based on the