Indulging In A Passion For
Mark-Making: the Artist’s
Statement


Diana Ludwig, Fine Artist and
Illustrator
HC 1, Box 169, Clarington,
Pennsylvania 15828


330-530-2659;
814-752-6328;
drawingdiana@gmail.com

Engaging in adrenaline-charged
mark-making, the artist is
attempting to portray the
writhing mass of life forms
around her. She includes
fields of energy and
minefields of emotion and
thought which are clearly
visible to her. The landscape
writhes; geologic history is
compressed and covers about 37
hours which are all recorded
in her piece. This vision is
applied to figures and
activities that capture her
wits, are absorbed, digested &
spewed back out upon the
working surface. A piece is
physically worked into,
pushed, pulled, gashed,
soothed and stroked. A wide
variety of mostly
water-soluble media are used
to converse with the ground,
usually crashing beyond any
boundaries of tidiness.
Neither is the evolution of
the idea behind any piece
tidy. She almost always begins
with a concrete glimpse of
nature, from which a dialogue
ensues, arguments tumult,
tempers flare, spirits
plummet, and soar – and
usually surprised herself—the
artist emerges—quite
scathed—...

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