In this Interview with Eva Lake, I discuss my new body of work for my gallery exhibition “Damascus: Mapping Place, Home, and Exile. I speak about the influences and sources that generated this work, discuss my painting process and what motivates my art practice.

Serendipitous surprise? My painting Boundary 4celebrates 2021 Pantone color combination of illuminating yellow and ultimate gray. “Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, this is a color combination hat that gives us resilience and hope.” I don’t know about you but there are days when some inspiration towards choosing resilience and hope is just what I need. Recall that gorgeous yellow coat worn by the brilliant poet Amanda Gorman during Biden’s Inauguration! She just radiated tremendous light. May this painting bring a similar reminder of our capability to be beacons of light!

Boundary 4

Acrylic on paper

37” x 33” (framed size)

$3500.

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Upcoming Installations

            Abstraction Haiku

            On view April 5th – June 30, 2019

            Reception Thursday, April 18th, 5 – 8 pm

 “The Abstraction Haiku” brings together seven abstract painters from the Tacoma and Seattle area whose works   signify important dichotomies inherent to abstraction. The    exhibition catapulted from two abstract paintings in TAM’s  permanent collection seemingly on opposite ends of  abstraction’s pictorial spectrum, specifically: John Franklin Koenig’s Lamento and Robert C. Jones’ Mermaid/Sphinx.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The title, “The Abstraction Haiku” centers on an idea of  abstraction as haiku, which points to the intentional use of paired visual dichotomies as a way of focusing on a brief moment in time; a use of provocative, colorful images; an ability to be read in one breath; and a sense of sudden enlightenment and illumination. This describes well the experience of looking at abstract painting and directly relates to each artist in this exhibit.

The participating artists of the Northwest Abstractionists include: Deanne Belinoff, Dede Falcone, Teresa Getty, Karey Dessler, Anna Macrae, Angela Wales, and Audrey Tulimiero Welch.