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ALISE LOEBELSOHN
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, United States
www.aliseloebelsohn.com

My paintings emerge out of the process of materials that I When the shapes appear, I then like to work with pattern.
use. I begin the paintings by layering the surface with many There are a variety of brush marks, some are more defined
layers of Venetian plaster over a birch plywood surface. than others. It is a real place but an imaginary one. There
This material contains marble dust, lime and plaster. It is a are forms you can see through. There is a feeling that you
variation of the frescos used in Italy. can go beneath the surface and something is there. Since
the light on the panel is constantly changing, the reflection
By layering the plaster and compressing the material, changes with the light and the dominant colors change due
the plaster builds a polished shine. The force of the to the reflection of the mica powders in wax.
compression of layers reveals a cross section of
materials, as the layers in earth through the passage of My work is about the patterns and images that randomly
time. Line and color are very important to me. I want appear in nature all around us. The shapes are built up
the line to flow and not look like it is copied or stiff. The through different layers that are applied and scraped away.
line should separate the spaces and eventually create a A line from one layer may come through another layer and
shape. The line quality moves through space and does not a shape is formed. It is not an outline, but the building up of
overtake the panel. I then think about how the color will line and color, like memories that can fade but then come to
relate to the line and the overall composition. I wish to the surface if something sparks a memory. I am interested in
create an overall harmony within the surface. those murky areas where there are no clear truths. It is here
where I try to imagine the laws of imaginary worlds and how
I can make sense of the universe in which we live.

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