Alice George
I was born in Kentucky, from a family of free-thinkers, teachers, and farmers. I started writing poetry early because I hated to forget, and then I kept on writing even after I realized writing doesn’t precisely solve that particular tragedy. Poetry was my path, and I take great pride in my book of poetry: This Must Be The Place (Mayapple Press 2008). When studying towards my MFA in Poetry at the School of the Art Institute I discovered painting.
My strategies when painting and drawing include:
- A new interest in weaving together my new Buddhist practice into my artmaking.
- Physical experimentation with cyanotypes, bringing not just plants but the body also, using this technique to activate my paintings and drawings.
- Working large: inspired by a few recent commissions, I’m developing vocabulary and techniques that work on 12-foot canvases!
- Dancing between abstraction and figuration and landscape.
- An evolving interest in using plein air techniques in semi-abstract ways.
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