Please
stop by the gallery and see our newest exhibit! We are pleased
to have CC Warlitner's Studies in Structure show in the gallery beginning
today, June 17th, and running through August 17th.
Please join us for the formal show
opening Saturday, July 12th from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
CC is also participating in our On
the Fly open studio event on July 19th.
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CRYSTAL
COFFEY WARLITNER
ARTIST
STATEMENT
I am
an artist. I follow my intuition to create layer by layer. I am a layerist.
The focus of my work is collage.
By
layering components of experiences, environments and people, I express the
complexities of life. Most of the collages I construct
are non-representational,
allowing the viewer to extract ideas stimulated by the work to
apply their own interpretations.
Typically refraining from realistic
detail and the expression of emotion, I stress abstract form at the
expense of pictorial elements. I disclose
enough reality to supply a tension between the real world and the strata
of images portrayed.
The
layers are a dimensional
experiment with structure. I construct the subject matter in relief with
geometric two and three-dimensional shapes. There is precision within the
composition. It is ordered, minimal, spatial and architectonic.
Favoring
a monochromatic palette, my current series focuses primarily on the
structure of the composition. Using recycled materials,
primarily cardboard, paper,
wood, and fabric, I transform elements into a physical object.
I
am a collagist, and my source is pure abstraction. I invite the viewer
to dwell on individual shapes, explore individual units within
the frame or experience
the overall texture and harmony of the whole work.
Layer
by layer. |