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Trees are Poems That The Earth Writes Upon The Sky
Kent, CT, 28 November 2020 - 24 January 2021

Trees are Poems That The Earth Writes Upon The Sky: Kent, CT

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Trees are Poems That The Earth Writes Upon The Sky, Kent, CT
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"TREES ARE POEMS THAT THE EARTH WRITES UPON THE SKY." 
 KAHLIL GIBRAN (EXCERPT)
 

 

The images of branches, leaves and blooms are first recorded as photographs then meticulously drawn onto large sheets of translucent Mylar. Paying close attention to the true form of each natural element, the artist builds her graceful compositions. Battenfield’s paintings draw upon two natural but disparate processes: the gestural unfolding and leafing of a branching tree limb and the physical properties and behaviors of pigments. Battenfield mixes her pigments to an ink-like consistency and generously brushes the acrylic paint onto the smooth mylar where it forms a puddle of paint. As the paint mixture dries, the pigments reassert themselves, separating and forming unexpected and distinct abstract patterns. An expert colorist, Battenfield creates hundreds of color studies to investigate and consider the different levels of color saturation and the separation affected by the various pigments’ origin and weight.

 

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