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This artwork is the second large artwork based on a series of watercolors called "Tiles". "Tessera" is the original word of tile and comes from ancient Greek. This is an acrylic painting on Arches 300 lb watercolor paper. I'm interested in juxtapositions of color, and how colors either come together, or move away from each other. I'm also interested in figure/ground interplay and in surface and texture exploration. I use geometric shapes so that there are no distractions in the way I explore paint. I like to call this style "chromatic geometry". In this painting, I have also experimented with the glazing technique to paint the six squares over the red background. Notice that the red background can be perceived slightly under the squares. The artwork is painted on Arches watercolor paper (300 lb mould-made, 100 % cotton). It is incredibly sturdy and there is nothing else like it in the world! As an amazing fact, the Arches paper company was established in France in 1492! Notice the beautiful deckled edge of this paper.
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Giclee on Canvas
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12 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in
Size with Frame:
13.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in
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White
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White Canvas
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Amy van Helden
Argentina
I am an American artist and visual arts teacher. I dedicated 17 years to teaching visual art at two international schools in Argentina and China, and one private school in the US. I obtained a BFA degree with a concentration in painting and printmaking from the University of Michigan. I had my first individual art show in 1991 at the Luigi Marrozzini Gallery in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, where I lived for 11 years before moving to Argentina in 1997. I have had numerous individual art shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have participated in many collective exhibitions and art fairs. My artwork is found in private collections in the United States, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. I define my work as chromatic geometry, a trajectory I have followed relentlessly since 1991. I was awarded a Pollock-Krasner foundation grant for the year 2013. I received the 2012 Arte Espacio prize in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Artistic statement: My visual language is within the realm of geometric abstraction, expressly chromatic geometry. I find this to be the perfect milieu in which I can work with simple forms, without distractions, and in which I can experiment with the pictorial elements that inspire me the most: color, texture, pattern and movement. I have been inspired by indigenous textiles, especially from Guatemala, a place I have visited often. In my paintings and watercolors I strive to create a kind of visual and musical poetry of color and movement. I like to call this poetry of color "coloreography" because it combines, precisely, color and choreography.
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