CC Warlitner: Studies in Structure
Please stop by the gallery and see our newest exhibit! We are pleased to have CC Warlitner's Studies in Structure show in the gallery beginning today, June 17th, and running through August 17th.
Please join us for the formal show opening Saturday, July 12th from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
CC is also participating in our On the Fly open studio event on July 19th.
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CRYSTAL COFFEY WARLITNER
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am an artist. I follow my intuition to create layer by layer. I am a layerist. The focus of my work is collage. By layering components of experiences, environments and people, I express the complexities of life. Most of the collages I construct are non-representational, allowing the viewer to extract ideas stimulated by the work to apply their own interpretations. Typically refraining from realistic detail and the expression of emotion, I stress abstract form at the expense of pictorial elements. I disclose enough reality to supply a tension between the real world and the strata of images portrayed. The layers are a dimensional experiment with structure. I construct the subject matter in relief with geometric two and three-dimensional shapes. There is precision within the composition. It is ordered, minimal, spatial and architectonic. Favoring a monochromatic palette, my current series focuses primarily on the structure of the composition. Using recycled materials, primarily cardboard, paper, wood, and fabric, I transform elements into a physical object. I am a collagist, and my source is pure abstraction. I invite the viewer to dwell on individual shapes, explore individual units within the frame or experience the overall texture and harmony of the whole work. Layer by layer.
