Meet the Artists Series
Meet the Artist Series
We’re introducing a new series this month! In addition to our local Hudson Valley “Meet the Makers” series, we decided to bring you our favorite Hudson Valley artists too. This month I’m sharing three of my absolute favorite local, female artists!
Ruby Palmer's works are “explorations in light, mood, inner constructs, organic architectural improvisations, fictional biomorphic or botanical imaginings.” I love that she sometimes uses her daughter’s drawing as “a starting-off place.”
Reveal/Conceal, 2015
Flashe on canvas | 40"w x 30"h
Blk/Blue, 2013
Painted cut paper | 8"w x 11"h
Lindsey Wolkowicz's work “revolves around the relationship between us and the spaces we occupy by exploring memory, connection, psycho-dynamics, and perception.” It explores both the strength and vulnerability of humans—physically and emotionally. While I at times internalize the discomfort of the “strained” figures, the interior designer in me thoroughly enjoys the creative use of wallpaper!
PRESS, CONCENTRATE (WITH NAUMAN)
GRAPHITE, ACRYLIC, WALLPAPER ON WOOD. 2018. 48" X 48"
GREY ROOM IN JUNE.
ACRYLIC AND GRAPHITE ON WOOD. 2018. 24" DIAMETER
Inspired by natural sciences, Yura Adams' energetic abstract paintings and installations explore “ideas she discovers in physics and combine observation and poetic experience.” I’m drawn into her work by the movement of line and texture.
Space Walk
2019
acrylic, ink, tyvek
84 x 60 inches
Chill Margins
2020
acrylic, ink, tyvek
84x 60 inches
I find Yura’s artist statement particularly compelling!
“I am fortunate to have a studio located in the middle of a field, bordered by two rivers. The natural richness that surrounds me is a primary source for visual material and ideas. I make energetic and abstract paintings, and installations that include printed patterns found in nature in the work. In my paintings, I meld print and water-base paint in a transparent surface created with large painting knives and loose brushwork. I address the unseen parts of our ecology, how the slow movement beneath our feet, what feels immutable to us, might be in transition too, outside our perception. Because we cannot view change over long periods of time, I take liberties with my interpretations and frequently imaginatively embroider on “what happened” in the paintings. As the viewer gets closer, the shapes communicate a feeling of space and movement. These works interpret and invent visually the slow time of earth formation as dramatic and full of movement.” -Yura Adams
More local Hudson Valley artists and makers coming next month!