Artist Selection!
1. Rosson Crow - I was immediately infatuated with Rosson Crowe’s artwork. I think her demonstration of patience and diligence in her paintings is what impresses me the most. Her works are notably complex and layered, and she hand paints the entire thing- each leaf, branch and drip of paint in her massive works. I loved the colors that she uses and her plant/nature-based themes that often make an appearance. Somehow, she includes an abundance of color, texture, and pattern, but doesn’t make it busy or headache-inducing. I would love to learn more about her processes and motives for creating.
2. Betty Woodman - I was particularly drawn to Betty Woodman and her work because of the earthy subjects and soft colors she so often uses. The use of these colors combined with the tropical nature of the plants she often paints remind me a lot of the handmade pottery and artworks sold at streetside art fairs in the small Brazilian town I used to live in. Her art feels nostalgic, sometimes vintage, but also exciting and new to me, and I would love to learn more about her methods and motives.
3. Peter Doig - The thing I loved most about Peter Doig’s landscape paintings was his choice of painting almost all of his scenes at night. This shows his mastery of the subject, as his paintings are dark, but not even the slightest bit dreary or dull. They are so full of life, which is an exceptional feat to achieve when painting natural subjects without the sun hitting them during the day. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but something about his paintings remind me of Mughal miniature paintings from ancient India, which were some of my favorite pieces to study in my brief study of nonwestern art.
