Posts by: jbattenfield
Medium Size Monoprints
Image: 10×30 inches Sheet: 22×42 inches These works capture an arrested moment through the painterly tension which is created between the deep space of a intensely colored field, the floating marks of expressive materials imbedded in the sheet (bamboo leaves, horsehair, gold leaf slivers), and the hard edge of the cut paper.
Mizu Series
Image: 6×24 inches Sheet: 20×38 inches. The Mizu series began 30 years ago as a playful way to explore expressive brushwork on a small scale before committing to large-scale paintings on canvas. Working with monotypes of gestural marks on large sheets of dyed and textured Asian papers, I arbitrarily cut them into six-inch squares to […]
Crossroads Series
Image: 12×18 inches | Sheet: 20×26 inches Crossroads Works with the small cut-up monoprints I use in the MIZU series. I wanted to play with a more complicated composition, exploring breaks and connections in gestural marks in double rows. It was first body of work I created after a long hiatus from the studio and […]
