Artist Statement

Clare Kirkconnell
Artist Statement
Sky Paintings

Sky is a recurring theme for me. In this particular series, there is little, to no, ground. Some of the paintings are more improvisational than others. The graphed pieces represent a sense of order. They are an homage to a cyber world that is becoming more and more a part of our lives. In fact, all of the paintings are influenced by the graph. For some, it is prevalent and on the surface, in others, it remains hidden.

My painting process consists of applying many thin layers onto a horizontal canvas. In this phase, very little is planned. The layers are applied one by one, with oozing and mixing and pooling, encouraged. At a certain point, I feel the urge to go ‘vertical’. It is then, that I begin to allow my chosen theme (in this case, sky), to dictate direction.