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Su Knoll Horty: Whatever You Want It to Be

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

“I am an abstract painter whose artwork, through color and form, evokes an emotive experience for the viewer. As part of a lineage of modernist and contemporary artmaking, my paintings reference the simple and pure geometry of non-objective abstraction, the atmosphere of color field theory, and the element of chance found in abstract expressionism. As a practitioner, I use a variety of mediums and techniques, both bright and quiet colors, and compositional strategies to explore the materiality of painting. I begin a canvas with colors inspired by nature, random places, or other artists’ paintings, whatever catches my eye, stirs my curiosity, or challenges me. I often draw lines on the canvas, creating a structure of geometric spaces that often interact with organic and fluid movements of paint. By placing color next to color and then finding the intricate gradations between them, the spatial dimensions and atmospheric elements of the painting comes into focus. At times, I use the geometric structure as scaffolding to hold varying shapes of delicate color applied and then partially removed, creating a stain effect on the canvas. The sensation of color, the thrill of creating, and the surprise of abstraction are what drive me to paint. The intention in my practice is to engage the viewer on a visceral level, through the lushness of color, a purity of form, and passion and exuberance I feel when I make art.”

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