Patricia McParlin
Artist Statement I am interested in the power art has to transgress boundaries. It can be in, (at least), two places at once; inner and outer, real and imagined, present and past. It offers the possibility of an immediate synthesis of thought and emotion, of a psychological and a ‘felt’ space, blurring imposed divisions between what is seen and imagined, observed and remembered. An expression that can be both literal and metaphorical in the same instant. I partly see my art work as a form of visual poetic, or static music…. …there is the same impulse to transform…to harmonise discords… …to walk the line in-between beauty and brutality…the bitter sweet… I have worked in many art forms, including video, installation, sculpture, ceramics, writing, theatre and music. All of these inform my work, but painting has recently been my major focus. I am currently concerned with the physicality of painting; colour, form, space, texture and the resonances that can arise from the alchemy of a response to materials.
Patricia's artistic style
My visual art is very influenced by my other work in music and writing... palette, texture and form are also critical to my expression.
Patricia's favourite artists
Bacon, Chagall, Klimt, Roger Cecil, Schiele, Kathe Kollowitz,
Patricia's favourite media
mixed medias, inks, acrylics, oils, papers,