The paintings in this show are selected images from three separate series titles: “Open,” “Power,” and “Trespassing.” Though these main titles differ, the concept of “calling” is inherent within. To call is to summon, name, announce, convoke, bring, lure and/or awaken. “Open” dealt with the lure of love’s vastness; “Power” a conscious summoning of meaning within the toil of the everyday; and “Trespassing” a search for a sense of affiliation.
My paintings are process-orientated narratives that take months of engagement to produce. I generally focus on one theme a year – from May 2nd to May 2nd (my birthday) and for the past few years, the horizontal format (and imagery components) of my art has been influenced by ancient palm leaf manuscripts of Southeast Asia.
I use painting as an accessible bridge to the power of the invisible realm. Tangible Earth is a limited place compared to the vastness of the invisible: ideas, sounds, energy, space, time, insight, etc. These multi-layers of reality are too vast to “capture” or seclude onto a simple plane – yet they permeate all form. Therefore I layer multiple images to provide a more holistic depiction of experience. This collage aesthetic allows for many stories to unfold at once and exalts my desire to transform (rather than preserve) moments.
My paintings are process-orientated narratives that take months of engagement to produce. I generally focus on one theme a year – from May 2nd to May 2nd (my birthday) and for the past few years, the horizontal format (and imagery components) of my art has been influenced by ancient palm leaf manuscripts of Southeast Asia.
I use painting as an accessible bridge to the power of the invisible realm. Tangible Earth is a limited place compared to the vastness of the invisible: ideas, sounds, energy, space, time, insight, etc. These multi-layers of reality are too vast to “capture” or seclude onto a simple plane – yet they permeate all form. Therefore I layer multiple images to provide a more holistic depiction of experience. This collage aesthetic allows for many stories to unfold at once and exalts my desire to transform (rather than preserve) moments.
."CALL"
The 2009
Contemporary American
Theater Festival
Presents
The Paintings of
Jodi Patterson
Contemporary American
Theater Festival
Presents
The Paintings of
Jodi Patterson
