Catherine Hicks Paintings - Late summer, early autumn 2013

Here, in no particular order, are the paintings I have been working on.  I am interested in achieving a new and heretofore undiscovered dimensionality in my work, as well as pushing myself to challenge my own notion of what, exactly, is a "canvas?"  I am also interested in honoring the women who have come before me - never the artists, but always the artisans...  

Here is a small woven painting:

(group show selection)

An acrylic painting on "scaled" linen - like a carpet, it has a nap, which shows differently depending upon which way the scales are smoothed... not exactly a painting, nor a sculpture, it is an object which falls somewhere in between...

Here is a much larger woven painting:

 These woven paintings are initiated as Pollock painted, with his ground-breaking action paintings.  I take it a step further, though, by then fracturing the painting and weaving it back together, creating a picture plane filled with hundreds of frenetic, dynamic little paintings.

And now some paintings with "holes"

 Some of the holes are "innies,"  like this one on on linen, which is later shown painted....

 And some of the holes are "outies..." (also on linen)

 Above and at right is a different kind of woven painting... (also selected for a group show.)

Like writhing snakes, every surface is gessoed, painted, and comes slithering away from the canvas. It is both agitating and soothing, like an hour with Pandora.

And here is my painted hole.  Where does it go?

 Here is another piece that was selected for a group show - vibrant color which slides, dripping off the canvas.

And a cooler, larger fractured painting....

 Painted not after Monet, but rather inspired by what you get on google image when you search his "Water Lillies..."

 And here is a straight on silk painting; experimenting with brush work and dams to hold the color...

 There is nothing like the translucence of silk...





A colorful doodle.

Thanks for looking.

If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to leave some trace behind.

My brushes are busy, so there will be more to come.

Catherine