Listening
April 1 2022 – May 25th 2022
Helen S. Cohan
ARTIST | ABSTRACT | MIXED MEDIA
My studio is a refuge where I delight in the immediacy and messy, visceral process of making marks – working with color, line and form using a variety of media and methods. Each composition takes shape through a kind of spontaneous call and response – an intimate conversation between the canvas and the materials I work into it: bold and opaque shapes and colors; drips and watery washes; scribbles and scratches; fragments of discarded paintings; ticket stubs, receipts, messages left on the kitchen counter as well as written words and graphic elements taken from journals, sketchbooks and the detritus of daily life.
Karen Johnston
ARTIST | ABSTRACT| MIXED MEDIA
My work is a dance with freedom. I paint what I feel. I let my insides expand in color so that my emotions can have new life. Loosely composed with the knowledge of color, texture, line, and shape, my paintings naturally unfold. Beginning with a foundation of spontaneously painted content, I intuitively respond by building layers of acrylic glazes, drawing, writing, scumbling, collaging, and scraping back to the origins underneath until an active dialogue emerges. No stroke is ever wasted. They are authentic responses that deepen a heartfelt conversation.
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