Karin Batten "Spectrum of Brightness"
June Kelly Gallery
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The paintings also draw on the artist’s travels of the past three years and her recent residency at Fundación Valparaíso on the southeast coast of Spain overlooking the Mediterranean. The nearby hilltop village of Mojácar, Batten says, “is a magical world of color, light and shade where the influences of Moorish culture are still visible”
“The deep azure of the sky and the matching door and windows set against whitewashed houses are a symphony of whites and blues …, a spectrum of brightness and light,” she adds.
Batten incorporates a variety of materials in her paintings, -- enhanced photographs from her travels, along with hand-colored rice paper, silk, velvet and felt that add depth and texture. Soil and black magnum sand contrast with washes of acrylic and water-soluble crayons.
“I play off organic shapes against geometric patterns, circles and diagonals with charcoal, graphite, colored pencils and dyes,” Batten says. “Some forms are scraped and layered, while others are fully present.
“I work spontaneously and intuitively, losing all boundaries, like swimming in a vast sea.”
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from June 23, 2011 to July 29, 2011