Long Enough (Edition of 30)
Artist
Squeak Carnwath
MediumColor aquatine, sugarlift and soapground aquatints with hardground and softground on Somerset paper
Dimensions18 x 17 in. (45.7 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
The artist's work is a reflection of the world around her. Her colorful and luminous prints explore thoughts and experiences through the use of writing and a personal iconography that includes rabbits, handprints, globes and Buddha's. She often relies upon combinations of images to trigger associations and animate lively dialogue about ideas and relationships.
This Oakland, California painter employs numbers, lists, recurring personal symbols, and stream of consciousness observations. Her compositions chart a continuing quest for self-knowledge. She uses words in her paintings to force the viewer to slow down and not just skim the surface, but to look deeper. Of the handwriting itself, there is no other mark…which produces such a unique and expressive record of the hand, she says. Taking the analogy a step further, Carnwath applies her own handprints as well to create a complex visual language.
This Oakland, California painter employs numbers, lists, recurring personal symbols, and stream of consciousness observations. Her compositions chart a continuing quest for self-knowledge. She uses words in her paintings to force the viewer to slow down and not just skim the surface, but to look deeper. Of the handwriting itself, there is no other mark…which produces such a unique and expressive record of the hand, she says. Taking the analogy a step further, Carnwath applies her own handprints as well to create a complex visual language.
