Madame (Wallflower Series) Original Color Field Painting

Description

Color has a profound effect on mood and sensory arousal. In this painting, warm toned swaths of coral, nude, and … more Color has a profound effect on mood and sensory arousal. In this painting, warm toned swaths of coral, nude, and russet are juxtaposed in asymmetrical tension. The organically layered tones evoke feelings of warm solemnity and bittersweet nostalgia.

The artist's Wallflower series features dozens upon dozens of thin, translucent washes and free-form swaths of pigment that combine to create nuanced, abstract color field arrays. In this exploration, composition takes a back seat, leaving the color experience of utmost focus. The ethereal tonal effects and lack of specific contextual representation allow the viewer to get lost in the large blocks and spheres of emotive color.

As a lyrical abstraction painter, Stacey’s paintings emphasize experiential, nuanced color over composition. Contrasting moments of positive versus negative space, layered translucence, light reflectivity, and luminosity are recurring elements in her organic color forward displays. Finding respite in abstracted forms, textures, and tones, Stacey pulls from a distorted memory bank of places observed during extensive travels. She allows happenstance and intuitive gestural marks to shape compositions that evoke impressions of deconstructed landscapes or loosely splayed flowers.

This painting is comprised of acrylic inks and pigments on raw canvas over cradled wood panel with gallery wrapped sides. less