Resonating with the bold strokes of the women who contributed to defining abstract expressionism, this painting is a tribute to the resilience and innovation of the women in the abstract...
Resonating with the bold strokes of the women who contributed to defining abstract expressionism, this painting is a tribute to the resilience and innovation of the women in the abstract expressionist movement, such as Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler.
Working in reverse, the painting is constructed within a frame of taut silk, painted in choreographed gestures by pushing the paint through both sides of the canvas. Light plays a pivotal role in the creation and meaning of the work. Transverse orientation is the behaviour of flying insects that orient themselves toward a distant source of light. Light passing through the silk serves as a guide, revealing areas where paint has not yet touched the surface; it acts as an anchor point, a signal, a place to catch the light. As the screen fills with the movement of paint, the glow from the other side is slowly obscured to the artist behind the silk screen.