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Artist Statement:
When I paint I am standing in
the desert alone, facing the
vast horizon, the pale
gradations of sand,
sand-colored rock,
sand-colored plants,
sand-colored sky. There is
nowhere to look for relief.
I work on a canvas in layers
over days or weeks. The
painting's past affects its
present, leaving traces and
influences that subtly or
dramatically guide what
happens next. Acrylic is the
perfect medium for me because
it dries fast. I work quickly
while the paint is wet,
covering the whole canvas. The
next day I rework it.
When I go to the blank canvas
it is upright on an easel.
Loud music plays in the
background. I dig deep for the
anger, the melancholy, the
inexplicable energy and
exhaustion of daily life, to
express it in a large gesture.
Audacious color. Reckless
line.
I struggle with the canvas,
building it up and breaking it
down. Very often a hideous
accident occurs: the paint
does not flow evenly from the
tube; colors clash in careless
abandon; irregular drips and
splotches dot the surface. My
eye is offended by what it
sees.
My passion is to tease this
ugliness, this unlikely blend
of colors and ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2002 Color on Color, Borders
Books Cafe Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2001 New Work by Lynne
Taetzsch, Clinton House
ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY
2000 Improvisation in Color,
Community School for Music &
Art, Ithaca, NY
2000 Recent Paintings,
Tompkins Cortland Community
College, Dryden, NY
1998 New Acrylic Paintings,
Gallery for the ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Excerpts from COLOR CONTRAST
by Stan Bowman, Professor
Emeritus of Cornell University
Art Department
Review reprinted from The
Ithaca Times, 12/12/01, p. 14
Red is the color of fire, hot,
moving, sometimes dangerous.
It is also the color of blood,
that vital substance necessary
for all human life. ...
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