Wednesday 25 February 2009

Teresita Dennis

Teresitsa Dennis uses opposite colours to create a vibration in pattern. They look like something sinister you might find in a petri dish.. luxurious insects all stuck together



http://www.broadbentgallery.com/Teresita%20Dennis/Dennis_home.htm

Dennis uses her hands directly to make a first series of marks, then works back into the spaces in between with a brush. In Wanting we see a repeated black shape — something like a heart or a woman’s bottom — with clear indentations where Dennis’s fingers have smeared their way through the paint. The gaps are edged with reds, oranges and yellows; the overall effect suggests smouldering embers, something frighteningly hot.

painterly dancing! shadow/light/mystery