Tanya Gravening

Wave Interference watercolor paintings:
Wave Interference occurs when two or more
waves occupy the same place and time.
Waves are created by energy.
Energy is constantly in motion.
As waves pass through each another, patterns
momentarily appear and disappear.
Wave Interference paintings freeze the pattern
to document a specific moment.
The fixed image offers extended time to
contemplate the fleeting patterns created as
waves pass through each other.

The time and date documented in the lower left
corner record when a wave interference painting
is begun and completed.
Waves collide in a vastly different time frame
than when paint meets paper.
Painting requires slowly building up layers of
paint to create a static image.
The patterns created by wave interference are
transient and ephemeral.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Bachelor of Fine Art (painting and printmaking)
University of Minnesota: Master of Liberal Studies with a Museum Studies Minor (thesis: The Art of Plastic Pollution)