Linda's Artist Statement

The exploration of materials is a vital part of my artistic process. I enjoy experimenting with layers and creating contrast between textures. In my mind the materials used often outweigh the content, or perhaps, the materials speak as a part of the content. 

 

In a letter to Will Grohmann in 1926, Kandinsky wrote, "You mention the circle and I agree with your definition… …why does the circle fascinate me? It is (1) the most modern form, but asserts itself unconditionally, (2) a precise but inexhaustible variable, (3) simultaneously stable and unstable, (4) simultaneously loud and soft, (5) a single tension that caries countless tensions within it. The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form, and in balance. Of the three primary forms (triangle, square, circle), it points most clearly to the fourth dimension."

 

My series focuses on this modern form.  It was with nature and water ripples that I started, but moved into the creation of fluidity, movement, and depth by repeating this simple geometric form. I drew from nature when choosing wood as my base and found a beautiful contrast of shape when choosing a square format.  Throughout my process, I created layers of acrylic, paper, ink, and water based medium.  It was through the layering of media that I discovered the contrast and transparency that I was seeking.  Through this body of work I am able to experience Kandinsky's ideas of simultaneous contradictions.