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paintings

OIL PAINTINGS
WITH A 
NARRATIVE
AND
CONCEPTUAL FOCUS

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The process of creating is one of problem solving & deep inner knowing.

DRAWINGS

RELYING
ON
FORAGED

and
TRADITIONAL
DRAWING MATERIALS


HANDMADE CHARCOAL
NATURAL HANDMADE INK
ASH
PEN
PENCIL

Continuum, 30x23in, ash_charcoal
Hand to paper. A full palm movement.  A delicate line.  Scrubbing. Erasing. 
An activated search for the tonal space to say what resonates on that day.

SCULPTURE

FINDING
THE BALANCE

BETWEEN
FORAGED MATERIALS 
AND 
MANMADE OBJECTS

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" I initially was focused on painting.  The painting imagery was based on small clay figurative sculptures that I had made, and were about the size of my palm.  They remained simple unfinished objects to reflect upon.   After living with these sculptures long enough, I began to see them as more; as a thriving base and possibility for my own sculptural language."​

--MK

ALL IMAGES AND SITE CONTENT COPYRIGHT © 2019 MARIA KASTAN - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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