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Here, the square on the piece of paper measures approximately 6.25”. The color is peacock, or you might call it teal (i.e., one of those blue-gray-green colors named after a bird). This watercolor is very energetic though it’s confined to the page and despite the rules I’ve imposed by the grid format and the painting process. Blue grids and lines: Working with some of the square grids from earlier dot paintings, for this series I used lines using a blue ink and watercolor mixture going in different directions instead of dots. As with the earlier paintings, the smaller squares are painted from one dip in this mixture. Two interesting visual phenomena occur: the pieces appear to be woven, and secondly, a shimmery pattern is created by the diminishing ink used to make the small squares. This effect varies from piece to piece, depending mostly on the shade and intensity of the blue. Viewed up close, the watery ink-watercolor displays a wide variety. All of the marks are different, the pieces are clearly handmade. Similarly, there is a tension between the uniform squares and the blue lines. My technique is clear; while I’m trying to create squares that are visually related, attempts to be neat and visually organized only partially succeed, thus, the handmade aesthetic.
Original Created:2021
Subjects:Geometric
Materials:Paper
Styles:AbstractConceptualMinimalism
Mediums:Watercolor
Drawing:Watercolor on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:8.5 W x 11 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Andrea Cross is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist who specializes in works on paper. Statement: My mark making works are process oriented, intended to show a repetitive and meditative art making process that will encourage a similar contemplative reaction on the part of the viewer. Materials are simple: heavy paper, ink, watercolor, or a combination of both media. I am not interested in creating careful, identical marks. Instead, as part of the process I recognize that spontaneity gives the squares a visual energy. I view it as “chaotic minimalism,” a natural result of my work methods. As there is a repetition of the marks being painted, so is there a repetition to some of the grids and structures of the pieces. Superficially, the paintings might appear similar, but no two are alike, owing to the variations in color and application of the marks.
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