Quick Draw Test 1
Wax pastel, watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper.
20" x 16"
Framed in maple hardwood with archival materials.
Cyd Gottlieb
Collectively, my artistry presents a visual language that considers varying aspects of an introspective healing process, navigating through layers of paint and compatible media to arrive at a cohesive course for the viewer, offering different entry-points for the eye. Through precise linework and rich bursts of color, I showcase a blend of patterned reactions through an assortment of twists and turns that merge with, and therefore shape, whatever situation comes next. Originally developed in tandem with my recovery from a serious spinal cord injury, my abstract style offers the idea of art as an outlet through which emotions may be processed and channeled in nonviolent ways. Once able to see my creative output hit a material surface,...