Spotlight Artist

Erin McIntosh

South
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Artist Statement

Poetically depicting the nature of human thought, my paintings investigate impermanence, the invisible, and abstraction. Curiosity about the complex, ephemeral spaces “in between” drive my work. My subject is, in a sense, “formlessness,” as I imagine and visualize spaces unseen.

Geometric and organic shapes form the visual language I use to fabricate images of seemingly empty space. In my current body of work, shapes derived from architecture, speed-driven organic marks, and layered color populate the picture plane.

As a process-driven painter, I construct content through improvisational engagement with materials and the play of impulse and controlled edits. As each painting unfolds, I rely on a visceral rather than intellectual response to visual phenomena. Through the visual and tactile qualities of water-based media, formal qualities transform and reveal themselves to form new metaphors.

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