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| Artist Statement
Journeys March 1 - 31, 2007 Artist reception: Thursday March 1, 6 - 8pm Several of the new paintings include a simple silhouette of a person. It usually appeared just when I thought the painting was finished and I found it intrusive and visually jarring at first. Now, if I remove the figure, the painting seems incomplete. Landscape changes dramatically when even the suggestion of a human figure is added. It puts us in the picture and all that implies. I find this intriguing... I've used script in many of the paintings. It's not used to describe or explain anything but rather as a visual reminder of the need to describe, explain and understand. The painting To Know a Mountain uses script, contour maps and a figure standing on the skyline to represent different ways of knowing the land. Journal: Baffin Island to Yukon is based on a daily journal I kept on a solo flight from Iqualuit to Whitehorse in 1992. The panels represent the pages of the journal and each page represents a day of the journey.The written words, originally used to describe and record the experience have become an integral part of the visual images they evoke. Judith Currelly, February 2007 |
 
Reading the Night Sky, 2006 |
