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Cathie Joy Young
Painting is inspiring me to paint. It is my one and only favorite mystery.
I follow where it goes and sometimes it is troublesome. Sometimes it is bliss with back pain. It is something I can do which has relevance in and of itself but it is unexplainable.
Words interrupt the long conversation.
Images are so forgiving.
If I can make a painting to be looked at and seen again and again,
if I can make a painting that means something at different times and in different places,
then I have made some impact in time and space.
I use the cross (+) a lot, symbolizing the intersection of time and space, but
as with all symbols, it represents many other things as well.
This is why I paint..
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"Bubble n’ Nova"
9“ by 11” acrylic and ball point pen
on wood panel
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"Dancing Anyway"
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"Far from Eden"
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"I Dream of Persia"
24” by 24” acrylic on wood panel.
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"Oh My God!"
9” by 11” acrylic, ball point pen
on wood panel
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"Coptic"
9" by 11” acrylic on wood panel
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"Cute – VS- Evil "
24” by 24”
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"Out of the Rubble"
9” by 11” acrylic and ball point pen
on wood panel
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"Supplicant/Witness"
12” by 12” acrylic on wood panel
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"Bull, Boat, Bird"
12” by 12” acrylic on wood panel |
"Devils"
11” by 13” acrylic on wood panel |
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Cathie Joy Young exercises a masterful command of color with acrylic on wood panels to create modern, urban paintings with an oftentimes devotional quality to them. Although unmistakably current in appearance, the imagery sometimes evokes a feeling of having come from very long ago and far away.
Figures, boats, structures, and animals recur in the paintings which at first appear whimsical, but look deeper and the viewer may discover the tension, and even pain within these spectral images.
The multiplicity of meanings implied in these works is reflected in the technique of scraping through the paint to reveal the layers below, adding to the surface texture and at times revealing the hidden heart of the imagery. These sensitive, complex works do not scream with narrative and emotion, rather they whisper up close, inviting the viewer to interpret a visual understanding on his or her own terms.
~ William Vesneski
All Artwork is Copyright 2006 Cathie Joy Young.
No reproduction of any material is allowed in any format without written permission.
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