Current Exhibit
Magnifying Glass, 2016, Mixed Gouache, WS Crayons on Yuppo, 11x15 inches
Linear Explorations
New Works by Cathy Pardike
On display July 23 - September 23, 2018
Opening reception: Monday, July 23 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
New Works by Cathy Pardike
On display July 23 - September 23, 2018
Opening reception: Monday, July 23 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Artist Statement
This exhibition features over 40 works of art including drawings, paintings, and works that I have created by exploring the use of some new tools.
I use all water soluble media mostly on a plastic coated paper called “Yupo” with a few works on 100% acid free paper. I paint with gouache (an opaque water color) and use water soluble crayons graphite and colored pencil. Yupo's non-absorbent surface is an attractive substrate as it allows me to create complex works that have been worked into, cleaned off, and reworked multiple times.
Many of my new art works are a new direction for me as they are more controlled and detailed then I have done before. They are comprised of multiple planes and a variety of patterns. Many of the images are recognizable with crazy cartoon faces, strange animals and many other figures. I use a great number of overlays (forms layered on top of each other) and a lot of fragmentations, distortions, odd colorations to create an idiosyncratic world --- surreal, semi-abstract and spatially compressed.
In my last two shows, I created very large drawings - four feet by eight feet and most of the works were black and white with a focus on strange figures, shapes, and abstractions. Subsequent to the last show and my husband's stroke and surgery we moved from a good sized home, with my large studio and generous storage to a small one bedroom apartment into which I carved out a very tiny studio space. As a result the works in this exhibition are smaller and in contrast to the former larger black and white they are full of intense color.
This exhibition features over 40 works of art including drawings, paintings, and works that I have created by exploring the use of some new tools.
I use all water soluble media mostly on a plastic coated paper called “Yupo” with a few works on 100% acid free paper. I paint with gouache (an opaque water color) and use water soluble crayons graphite and colored pencil. Yupo's non-absorbent surface is an attractive substrate as it allows me to create complex works that have been worked into, cleaned off, and reworked multiple times.
Many of my new art works are a new direction for me as they are more controlled and detailed then I have done before. They are comprised of multiple planes and a variety of patterns. Many of the images are recognizable with crazy cartoon faces, strange animals and many other figures. I use a great number of overlays (forms layered on top of each other) and a lot of fragmentations, distortions, odd colorations to create an idiosyncratic world --- surreal, semi-abstract and spatially compressed.
In my last two shows, I created very large drawings - four feet by eight feet and most of the works were black and white with a focus on strange figures, shapes, and abstractions. Subsequent to the last show and my husband's stroke and surgery we moved from a good sized home, with my large studio and generous storage to a small one bedroom apartment into which I carved out a very tiny studio space. As a result the works in this exhibition are smaller and in contrast to the former larger black and white they are full of intense color.