ARTIST STATEMENT
Cathy Valentine
My work is abstract in nature, with a sense of randomness. I consider my painting to be a type of emotional landscape, my own internal language. I am influenced by organic form and mark making. The process I use currently is a build up of layers and drawing, exploring transparencies. I mostly work with wax, but see the same results arising with other mediums. When I work, there is a buildup and teardown of the medium. These layers allow the unpredictability of the medium to help determine the final result of the piece. When I begin I do not have a predetermined image in mind. The work evolves. My work uses the transparency and translucency of wax, and hidden layers of drawing and graphite lines. My work blurs the line between painting and drawing.