HAPPY PORTRAIT MONDAY!
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| Catherine Andrews BBBBB, 2012 Graphite on paper 35.5 x 43 cm |
Andrews' work is whimsical, dynamic, and characterized by a fluidity of line that nearly drives me to tears of jealousy. I spoke to Cate about her process, and she put her thoughts into words much more eloquently than I could:
Image making is rarely a conscious process. It feels more akin to pulling something that was already in existence into sight; I feel more like a conduit than a creator. My work is highly charged in personal energy and emotion, but it is an unconscious and intuitive channeling that leaves me as disconnected from my work as any viewer would be. I make things that are visually exciting, or are simply beautiful to me. I'm influenced by things like engaging shapes, colours, and marks, physical activity, the natural world, and I take joy in capturing the minute and subtle human gestures normally lost to casual observation.
This piece is a self-portrait that was part of a series of portraits made for a show, 'All in a Days Work: The Oregon Worker', in Tillamook, Oregon.
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