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berman gallery is pleased to present new work by
Cynthia Camlin and Ann Matlock. Both artists use
organic motifs in stylized, patterned formats, and
a luminous and rich tonal range is an important
element in the work of both artists. Camlin’s cool,
fresh paintings provide a harmonious balance to
Matlock’s warm, textural weavings. Of her new body
of work, Cynthia Camlin says, “Turning to landscapes
of glaciers and icebergs, my most recent paintings
depict multifaceted crystalline formations on panels
and three-dimensional cubes. Each composition is
built through the incremental accumulation of small
geometric shapes of transparent color, which add
up to spatial trajectories and recessions, opening
up windows into the white gesso. For me, the incremental
and unpredictable process of constructing these
compositions becomes a metaphor for organically
growing forms in nature, where erratic, unprecedented
forms emerge from finite and predictable elements.”
Ann Matlock’s graceful weavings also explore natural
forms, light and color. She works with silk yarns
that she dyes and spins herself, and creates the
design using both tapestry and brocade weaves. Matlock
takes her inspiration from botanical imagery and
textiles, and her treatment of color is subtle and
complex. She says, “Color is the most personal element
in a weaving, and its effect is as close to the
sub-liminal impact of a musical phrase as anything
in visual art.”
Read
a profile of Matlock from the Austin American Statesman
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