DEBORAH HaMoN
My work is inspired by nature and travel. I use mark making and color to create paintings that are at the edge of abstraction and landscape. Ideas about aliveness and especially awe and wonder inform my work. Using my photographs as reference, I let the process of painting guide me to an unknown destination.
Applying acrylic paint both thinly and thickly, I often add elements like mica, pigments, and glass beads for various effects. There is a push and pull between improvisation and control in my process. I want possibilities for the painting to remain open so the work evolves slowly over time with multiple changes and layers. The layered histories hold a record of my memories and feelings of places and experiences, as well as my present state of mind, and the ideas I am thinking about. I am searching for something that surprises me, holds some kind of mystery, or inspires curiosity, or wonder.
STUDIO 315
PAINTING
