Lushana Watson
Enigmatic Perspectives
January 8 - January 29, 2010
Reception:
Thursday January 14, 2010 6-8 PM
Press Release
Painting is a liberating form of expression for Lushana Watson. Having gone deaf at the age of 21, she found herself in an unfamiliar silent world. Feeling at first the isolation of her condition, Watson turned to paint, through which she was able to explore the immensity and depth of contemplative, immersive silence. After recent surgery, which restored her hearing, Watson has found inspiration in the colours of life and the sound that follows.
Watson’s abstract canvases are made up of masses of individual concentric circles like bubbles that effervesce creating a shimmering surface of subtly graded hue and tone. The textured canvas shifts with the oils, creating a beautiful exploration of colors that retains both depth and poise. Some seem almost pearlescent or like the scales of an exotic fish, shimmering and vibrant, about to move. Painted with distinct sweeping brushstrokes, Watson’s use of pattern to create compositions that draw the viewer in is masterly, and the results are visually stunning.
Lushana Watson currently lives in Corning, New York.
Artist Statement
I am an Abstract Expressionist. I am a painter by all the traditional means. My medium is paint on canvas. I believe in abandoning subject matter and instead, instinct guides my use of color and form. I apply definite brush strokes to find the truthfulness of the canvas. I use a series of circles to represent my continuing thought process about the relationship between color, vision and sound. Circle and color has a symbolic value and has a complicated set of rules that dictate my work. The expressionistic forms within my paintings are visual representations of my experiences and understandings of the world. I am greatly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh and his use of color. Jackson Pollock inspires my work with his purity in form. Clement Greenburg has had an impact on my work with his critical art commentary on experience and Modernism.
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