Green
'Green' by Jina Wallwork
Influenced by the abstract period of Philip Guston and other abstract expressionists, I began to think more consciously about the act of mark making. The use of gesture has appeared in my work before, however I began to think of those gestures as being a unique movement and expression of self, rather than simply an aspect of my technique. A gesture can't be shaped or repeated exactly and I began to find this very interesting. In this piece I explored the contrast between soft brushstrokes against sharp brushstrokes. The soft brushstrokes were created with long soft movements and the short brushstrokes were created with sharp and immediate actions. The process appears within the aesthetics of the work. It is a balance between two complete opposites.
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