Corre Alice

My work is a process of searching through paint.  I explore the relationship between the emotional and the intellectual and respond intuitively with distinctly personal marks.  I paint freely but with formal restraints while respecting the integrity of the structure and creating tension.  Impulsively painting with regard for the logical is an exercise in physical control and awareness.  I intend to communicate to the viewer a recognizable sensation by forcing expression into a system.

Layers of paint, pencil and grease markers on canvas begin with a thin wash and thinly drawn lines that establish a structure for the painting.  Following stratums of organic and hard edge geometry, opaque and transparent painting are made in spontaneous reaction to the marks that came before.  Some of the other parameters that I use to push against are restrictions of scale, value, colour intensity and pattern.

My work is inspired by the unapologetic confidence of abstract expressionism.  I have been influenced by De Kooning, Gorky, Frankenthaler, Deibenkorn and Twombley and most recently by Joan Snyder.  I relate to the surrealist movement in regards to automatic drawing, using the creative unconscious as a valid navigational tool.

Corre graduated from the Vancouver Island School of Art in 2008.  She has participated in many group shows in British Columbia.

The following are some of the images that will be shown in the exhibition “Balance” which opens on March 12th.