Deborah Newmark

The act of becoming is a meditative process, breath in and breath out, inhale and exhale. My drawings and paintings are the same, a letting go, an unfolding, an intuitive weaving together of thoughts, memories and visual impressions inspired by daily walks in nature. A tangle of vines, roots, undergrowth, overlapping cast shadows of blossoms, stems, leaves, and branches become elements of my abstracted imagery. The shadowy shapes are like life, they shift and are fleeting.

I document what strikes my eye; expressions of growth but also imperfection and decay. Tar mending the pavement like Asemic scribbles or the irregular cracks on the sidewalk are languages that speak to me. These forms translate into a language of my own, expressed in scribbly drawing and mixed media assemblages. They often use an accumulation of mismatched parts, recycled cut up scraps and parts, arranged and rearranged into a new whole.

Inspiration also comes from the materials themselves. Ink flows and drips. One mark suggests another, an intuitive meandering journey of exploring and enjoying the process – labyrinth like and organic. Lines become a vehicle for the flow, a conduit for underlying emotion. My work uses loopy lines and forms to channel a continuous flow, celebrating the interconnectivity of all things.

Email: deborah.n@sbcglobal.net

Website: www.deborahnewmark.com

Instagram: @deborahandlucie

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