Submitted by Elyss McCleary on Sun, 2007-05-27 21:53.
Artist Statement
My current drawing practice involves recreating interior rooms that are both public and private that I occupy regularly. The Satin Bower Bird collages are that of my old home I rented, the space filled with possessions and collected objects hoarded (both conciously and unconciously) into a room, reflecting the way the little bird groups stuff into piles - that gradually form some kind of order. The Room Upstairs work is a familiar space of where people create, then clean up in a shared space that is the drawing studio.
I have been collecting found paper,tansfers from textured walls and objects to incorporate and use as a source to what is appropriate to the drawings. From this I apply various abstract and formal techniques based on visual research and memory creating a structual composition followed by layers of the observed interior room.My work is influenced by my controlled and uncontrolled enviroment evoking a sense of time, space and intimacy.
Art Forms
Conceptual
2 D (painting/printmaking/drawing/illustration/cartoons)
3 D (sculpture/installation/public art)
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