Eva Fouriera

My artworks begin with a desire to try something new and are driven by passionate, fervorous feelings inspired by nature, current events, animals and the complexity of the universe. I do not believe in starting at the end, and so I oppose starting a painting with the end-image in mind. Instead, I start with a question. For example, "how will these two paints of different density interact depending on how I overlay them?" Similarly, I explore pigment dispersion in various media, the freezing and thawing of paints, magnetic and centrifugal interactions, and much more. As the experiment unfolds on the canvas, I am provided with a starting frequency which I can then embellish with more general overtones as well as more detailed oscillations to connect my thoughts into the artwork and channel my own energy. In this way, Nature and I create the artwork hand in hand.

Nature does not have a color palette; rather, the universe is filled with infinitely more colors than we can see with the naked eye. I therefore utilize an enormous range of hues, temperatures and sheen, from vivid to dark, glossy to matte and warm to cool, all within the same artwork.

I also do not tolerate "flat" art. I heavily use various mediums or even make...