Betty Merken

Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

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Betty Merken - Memory
Memory / 07-07-15
Betty Merken - Espana, Red
Espana, Red / 07-07-18
Betty Merken - Canto 1
Canto 1 / 06-07-18
BRed Indigo Ochre
Red, Indigo, Ochre
Six on Six
Six on Six
Parallel StructureTertiary
Parallel Structure Tertiary
IndigoOchre
Indigo Ochre

Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

 

Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

(323) 969-0531

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Artist's Statement

The nature of painting has always driven the meaning of my work. The interplay between the physical, sensual activity of painting and the necessary intellectual decisions which present themselves creates an ongoing dialogue within each work and among the works themselves.

In my paintings and in my works on paper,
I attempt to strike a balance between
opulence of surface and formal organization, and
this balance is often arrived at by
eliminating everything that is not
absolutely crucial
to each work.

As I seek to achieve clarity and poetic vision in my work,
my daily studio practice becomes a process of
constant, fluid engagement
with structure and surface,
with geometry and gesture,
with process and image.

I am attempting to coax poetry from paint, to transform my materials into spiritual substance.