JENNIFER JOSEPH
Artist Statement
The paintings in this exhibition are a response to the radical change in environment I’ve undertaken since moving to Los Angeles in 2017 after 26 years living and working in New Mexico. The dynamism and noise of Los Angeles has prompted a looser, faster, more gestural way of working after many years of making slow, meditative paintings in the relative quietude of the high desert. This new influx of energy has led to the disruption of my own habituation in a sweeping deviation from what has been my norm. Showing both bodies of work as an integrated whole refers to the collage-like quality of the city, and represents taking a risk (both in life and in art practice) and seeing what happens.
The purpose of my painting practice is to create a place to rest, a visual space of harmonious contemplation and healing. My use of color and geometry relates directly to vibration, both physically and metaphysically.
Painting, for me, is a quiet discipline and a form of meditation. My process involves the repetitive act of laying down one brush stroke at a time, side by side, so that the act of painting becomes self-evident. This practice requires presence and creates a vibration of quietude and slowness, of contemplation and healing. I use color specifically to evoke a mood, and the inherent vibratory nature of color amplifies this intention.
My objective with this particular body of work is to raise the vibration of the viewer, by using the physical properties of color and geometry to slow the brain down, and bring a sense of peace.
The purpose of my painting practice is to create a place to rest, a visual space of harmonious contemplation and healing. My use of color and geometry relates directly to vibration, both physically and metaphysically.
Painting, for me, is a quiet discipline and a form of meditation. My process involves the repetitive act of laying down one brush stroke at a time, side by side, so that the act of painting becomes self-evident. This practice requires presence and creates a vibration of quietude and slowness, of contemplation and healing. I use color specifically to evoke a mood, and the inherent vibratory nature of color amplifies this intention.
My objective with this particular body of work is to raise the vibration of the viewer, by using the physical properties of color and geometry to slow the brain down, and bring a sense of peace.
