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The Concept:
Currently I am seeking a gallery with which to introduce my new series
of low-relief abstract paintings called En Kryptobiotica.
Based on the extremaphyles and thermal formations in Yellowstone
National Park, this series will remind the public of how much about our
planet still remains unknown. The En Kryptobiotica paintings replicate
the layers, colors and architecture created by these extremaphyles
hidden within the beauty of our National Parks. With the loosening of
the laws governing the use of these protected public land, the new
legislation threatens wipe out the most easy to study microbes. These
extremaphyles may be the link to the biochemical origin of life itself.
And continued studies may decipher locations of extraterrestrial life
within our solar system. But more importantly, scientists are finding
that these microbes may offer the codes for cures and treatments for
diseases and cancers. Our governments protect these creatures
because of their breath taking beauty, but we must also protect them
for their unknown but assured role in forming and maintaining our
ecosystem.
"The unknown" and "the unfamiliar" need to be emphasized in the
installation of my paintings by removing the viewing publics'
expectations for conventional gallery display. To create this new
alliance between the viewer and the art, the series of paintings I plan
to placed on the floor and framed within boxes of three to four inches
thick. A reminder of the original location of these natural wonders. This
concept requires a minimalistic clean-lined gallery (the less color on
the walls the better). The floor space, not wall space is where the
painting will lay for the duration of the showing. Bowing their heads to
look at the work, attendees will be able to break the unspoken and
traditional barrier that would normally shut painting out of their tactile
world. The public will be encouraged to gently touch the sculptural
painting, and in some cases walk over them. A new experience: to be
engaged in the work, unafraid in this time of terror.
Would you like to be the first to embrace this strong new world?
Thank-you for your time and brain space.
of low-relief abstract paintings called En Kryptobiotica.
Based on the extremaphyles and thermal formations in Yellowstone
National Park, this series will remind the public of how much about our
planet still remains unknown. The En Kryptobiotica paintings replicate
the layers, colors and architecture created by these extremaphyles
hidden within the beauty of our National Parks. With the loosening of
the laws governing the use of these protected public land, the new
legislation threatens wipe out the most easy to study microbes. These
extremaphyles may be the link to the biochemical origin of life itself.
And continued studies may decipher locations of extraterrestrial life
within our solar system. But more importantly, scientists are finding
that these microbes may offer the codes for cures and treatments for
diseases and cancers. Our governments protect these creatures
because of their breath taking beauty, but we must also protect them
for their unknown but assured role in forming and maintaining our
ecosystem.
"The unknown" and "the unfamiliar" need to be emphasized in the
installation of my paintings by removing the viewing publics'
expectations for conventional gallery display. To create this new
alliance between the viewer and the art, the series of paintings I plan
to placed on the floor and framed within boxes of three to four inches
thick. A reminder of the original location of these natural wonders. This
concept requires a minimalistic clean-lined gallery (the less color on
the walls the better). The floor space, not wall space is where the
painting will lay for the duration of the showing. Bowing their heads to
look at the work, attendees will be able to break the unspoken and
traditional barrier that would normally shut painting out of their tactile
world. The public will be encouraged to gently touch the sculptural
painting, and in some cases walk over them. A new experience: to be
engaged in the work, unafraid in this time of terror.
Would you like to be the first to embrace this strong new world?
Thank-you for your time and brain space.
Yellowstone Photograph "Morning Glory" thermal in 2000 by Suzanne Moulton.
It's intense calcium based blue color for which it has always been revered, is in
the process of being dulled by visitors throwing copper pennies into its depths
and changing its unique chemistry. So please, refrain from tossing coins but not
from making wishes.
It's intense calcium based blue color for which it has always been revered, is in
the process of being dulled by visitors throwing copper pennies into its depths
and changing its unique chemistry. So please, refrain from tossing coins but not
from making wishes.
| "In Living Beauty" Low-relief Acrylic Painting 2003 by Suzanne Moulton Yellowstone Photograph by Suzanne Moulton |
| "Thermals" Low-relief Acrylic Paintings 2003 by Suzanne Moulton |