DRAWING CHALLENGE XXI

We would like to congratulate Tamara Krendel, Gerri Rachins and Andra Samelson for being the featured contestants of our Drawing Challenge XXI, which was inspired by the below listed words of
Kōbō Abe (1924 - 1993), cited from his novel The Face of Another (1964).

“Still, the one who best understands the significance of light is not the electrician, not the painter, not the photographer, but the man who lost his sight in adulthood. There must be the wisdom of deficiency in deficiency, just as there is the wisdom of plenty in plenty.”

We are pleased to present a larger selection of submissions in the accompanying virtual exhibition
the one who best understands the significance of light
May 5 - May 31, 2021

Leslie Kerby, Back to Nature, 2021, trace monotype drawing with chine collé, 30 x 40 inches

www.lesliekerby.com

Gerri Rachins, Unfamiliar Creature 0360, 2017, Flashe and ink on Saunders Waterford paper, 30 x 22 inches

“This painting is part of a series of nine works on paper entitled “Unfamiliar Creatures” completed during the summer of 2017. The process of creating this work was unusual for me. I would travel to a Cape Cod beach with blank pieces of watercolor paper. After inserting each piece of paper into the water, I grasped all of the surrounding seaweed and brought it back upon the beach sand with the wet paper. Then I painted the actual seaweed with ink and used it to print images on the paper. The printed images reside in the background of the painting. Upon returning to my studio, I would create an appropriate hue of blue ink, and then seek out a larger shape from the seaweed palimpsest to paint with black Flashe.”

- Gerri Rachins, 2021
www.gerrirachins.com

Sam Marroquin, Leaving the Skeletons Behind, 2020, acrylic, charcoal, paper, mesh, image transfers and metal collage on paper, 24 by 36 inches

www.smarroquin.com

Andra Samelson, Big Bangs 1, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

www.andrasamelson.com

Suejin Jo, Thinking of Virginia Woolf, 2021, 28 x 37

www.suejinjo.com

Yvette Cohen, Under Cover, acrylic and wooden dowels on shaped canvas, 13 1/2 X 15 inches

”Undercover evolved as I searched for geometric pieces to challenge the volumes in my Juggling Rocks series. The painting mounts flat on the wall without a frame, so that it easily integrates itself on the wall, seemingly opening up space beyond the tangible wall. With acrylic paint, I painted and repainted, marks and colors on my shaped canvas. I then applied wood dowels following a precise geometric shape I had designed. I painted more and even collaged a piece, to simultaneously contradict and balance the under painting.”

- Yvette Cohen, 2021
www.yvettecohen.com

Theresa DeSalvio, Nightfall, 4/2021, oil paint on Arches paper, 13 x 20 inches

”’Nightfall’ captures the moment between day and night, before the jewel tones fade into darkness.”

-Theresa DeSalvio, 2021
www.theresadesalvio.com

Rosaire Appel, Transient sounds, 2020, ink, pencil, marker, acrylic paint on polyester film, 18 x 24 inches

www.rosaireappel.com

Kit White, 12.20, 2020, oil and toner transfer on paper, 7 x 10 1/4 inches

Jennifer Viola, Day and Night, 2020, mixed media on woven paper, 30 x 44 inches

www.jenniferviola.com