Monochromatic

A monoprint assembly

Can a monochromatic ‘pallete’ replace the expressive and emotional impacts of colored paintings? I automatically reach for paint tubes, rarely thinking of ‘other ways’, my inner impulse. Yet, I stand in owe before Natasha’s and Hung’s black and white photos, moved, drawn in, mesmerized…

I am who I am, have to listen to my artistic impulses, and channel them at the same time – guess that ‘channeling’ is what makes the artist recognizable.

Here is an experiment: my visceral attraction to human faces and stories, channeled into a monochrome – one visual dimension taken away, in the service of the clarity of story-telling.

A crowd – faces gathered, snapshots of life experiences, emotional states, scars, personality traits, moments of vulnerability and strength…all my own and all universal.

Well, despite my determined intentions, red was unavoidable!