Kim Gordon
Artist’s statement:
Painting is the most natural and direct way to for me to express ideas about the world in which I live and my place in it. I have a constant fascination with the way the world looks, with the way light defines and erodes form, and with the compelling tension that exists between the quiet of the landscape and the palpable vitality that flows through it. My choice of medium contributes to the communication of my ideas – how it looks when applied to a surface is as important to me as the image it forms. I think of the painted stroke as a visual language.
I often work with landscape because it encourages my connection to the world around me. By spending time in an environment, I am able to steep myself in it, bringing back to my studio specific color harmonies, a sense of light and movement through the landscape, and a greater understanding about that place. Translating that into paint, I can best reveal both an inner experience and a sense of place.