Joy Martindale
www.joycmartindale.com
@jcm_slideshow
Statement:
I make my work in stages, reflecting and planning in between each stage. Within each stage I work in an expressive way engaging with the materiality of paint. I like to work in different modes depending on my mood and mind-set when I approach painting. Sometimes I work into and out of my feelings; at other times I approach my work thinking about how I want a piece to feel playful, buoyant, concise or strong. I think a lot about ambiguity and placement and I always have in my head a notion that what I am seeking is to make something happen within a painting.
Memories, sensations and experiences are uncertain and their connections to the abstract works they inform and inspire are tentative; nevertheless, they are also integral to the story of a painting. From, for example, a piece of music, to my painting, to the viewer is a chain of sensations; these chains of sensations connect us to each other and help us make sense of our realities.
www.joycmartindale.com
@jcm_slideshow
Statement:
I make my work in stages, reflecting and planning in between each stage. Within each stage I work in an expressive way engaging with the materiality of paint. I like to work in different modes depending on my mood and mind-set when I approach painting. Sometimes I work into and out of my feelings; at other times I approach my work thinking about how I want a piece to feel playful, buoyant, concise or strong. I think a lot about ambiguity and placement and I always have in my head a notion that what I am seeking is to make something happen within a painting.
Memories, sensations and experiences are uncertain and their connections to the abstract works they inform and inspire are tentative; nevertheless, they are also integral to the story of a painting. From, for example, a piece of music, to my painting, to the viewer is a chain of sensations; these chains of sensations connect us to each other and help us make sense of our realities.
A Good Nights Sleep
triptych, each 30.5 x 41 x 2.2cm
Acrylic and gouache on panel
2021
triptych, each 30.5 x 41 x 2.2cm
Acrylic and gouache on panel
2021