Cynthia Cooper
What I start as one thing always turns into something else. Initially I imagined my work sending a message to viewers that "life is short and you are dying". This is what I hear in my own head as I fret over passing time and I want everyone else to worry about it as much as I do! When a curator described my “painting of thousands of small tic marks as an expression of time and discipline in artistic practice...”, I realize that I am also recording the minutiae of my own life.
My grids are abstract but are also life-sized images of actual lane lines in a swimming pool. In my stripe paintings I use color and pattern and prime numbers to ascribe meaning. To explain: I apply paint in multiple layers by counting my application of brush strokes in sequences of prime numbers.
They have luminescent surfaces that are both meditative and energetic. Because they are also autobiographical they evoke what it is that inspired me. They are my perception of light mixed with meaning.
My grids are abstract but are also life-sized images of actual lane lines in a swimming pool. In my stripe paintings I use color and pattern and prime numbers to ascribe meaning. To explain: I apply paint in multiple layers by counting my application of brush strokes in sequences of prime numbers.
They have luminescent surfaces that are both meditative and energetic. Because they are also autobiographical they evoke what it is that inspired me. They are my perception of light mixed with meaning.
