Spaces of Encounter
Recent Paintings
The
Shape of the Sky
digital
painting
(pigment inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
May 4 - May 30, 2004
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 7th, 7 - 10 pm
The world that Michelle A. Hegyi, a contemporary painter and colorist from Ann Arbor, Michigan, creates in her new digital paintings, shown at the Washington Street Gallery for the month of May, is one of space, color and light. Skimming over, around and through these luscious fields of color, connecting, dividing and binding them together, are lines, bold or fragmented, sometimes almost disappearing only to reassert themselves somewhere else; lines that define or integrate the space and forms of her compositions.
Sketching and painting directly on the computer using a tablet
and software designed to simulate natural brushstrokes,
this Ann Arbor artist’s paintings grow and change, overlaying color
over color, erasing or wiping away, much as her paintings in traditional
media do. When she is satisfied with the final design of the piece,
the digital painting is archivally printed by
the artist in small editions using pigmented inks
on heavyweight 100% rag paper. A versatile artist, painting alternately
in acrylics on Mylar (a translucent plastic film), encaustics (using pigmented
beeswax as her medium) and on the computer, Michelle Hegyi's works have
been described by reviewers as “luscious abstractions”
and “ethereal dreamscapes”.
Taking inspiration from the book The Space of Encounter
by architect Daniel Libeskind, award winner for his design for
the new World Trade Center site, Ms. Hegyi has chosen words and phrases
from his book for the titles of several of her pieces
as well as for the title of her show. This new series of paintings
focuses on the unique spaces inhabited by each of us in this world, and
on making connections and erasing boundaries.
Inlines,
Outlines, No. 1
digital painting
(pigment
inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
Garden
of Love and Fire
digital painting
(pigment
inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
The
Day's Beginnings
digital painting
(pigment
inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
Spaces
of Encounter, No. 1
digital painting
(pigment
inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
Between the Lines
digital painting
(pigment inks on rag paper)
image size: 23"h x 23"w
framed size: 32"h x 32"w
Stealing Time
digital painting
(pigment inks on rag paper)
image size: 23" x 45"
framed size: 32" x 55"
The technique, the prints, and the editions>>
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