Studio #33 dianne k webb arts

diane k webb
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I believe that art is a dance, a communication between artist and viewer…a statement laid bare until picked up and incorporated into a new narrative. As I work, I want to find myself exploring new perspectives—I want to feel uneasy, jarred, contemplative, or reflective as images, colors, textures clash or meld. I am fascinated by the moment of “ah ha!” of “really?” My work seeks to capture those moments and translate them conceptually, abstractly on the canvas or three-dimensional surface.

Technically, I paint in oils, encaustic, gouache, or ink on canvas, paper and panels applying pigments with brushes and palette knife, sometimes using rice paper or gesso, plaster, modeling compound, or found objects to build texture or depth. Colors are mixed on a palette or directly onto the piece. I work from the mind’s eye to the canvas—each piece wholly constructed there—at times I work furiously with a clear intention, at other times I move slowly into the piece with a vague idea—working what is known, backing off and studying it, then finally moving on when the previous phase is realized. I often experiment with three-dimensional surfaces as a base for paintings.