BETTY MERKEN
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.
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"Yellow, with Red" #02-09-25 Monotype on Paper 30" x 22"
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"Double Form" Yellow #02-09-11 Monotype on Paper 30" x 22"
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"Low Horizon IV" #11-09-06 Monotype on Paper" 30" x 22"
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"Low Horizon II" #11-09-04 Monotype on Paper" 30" x 22"
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"Tundra" #02-09-01 Monotype on Paper 40" x 54"
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"Reflections" #02-09-04 Monotype on paper 40" x 54"
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"Quietude #12-09-02" Oil on Canvas 40" x 72"
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"Composition in Red and Yellow" #11-09-33 Oil on Canvas 36" x 56"
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.
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