I believe that color is the favorite element of most visual artists.
It seems to directly bypass our thought process and drill right into our emotions.
It's interesting to me that I am intensely drawn to color
but especially so in their very subtle moods.
Three
I started out in textiles as a traditional quilter
and used mostly saturated primaries and jewel tones.
I actually had adverse physical reactions to grayed down blues or all pastel quilts.
Encompassed
1998
Borders created from center to outer edge by: Lyric Kinard, Karen Zeher, Barbara Molnar, Jan Beasley, Amy Winsor, Mary Stone. Quilted and embellished by Lyric Kinard
A few years into my learning process as a fine artist I went through a "brown" phase. Everything I made seemed to come out in earth tones with metallics thrown in. I haven't figured out why yet.
Three Rings
2003
Perhaps it was a factor of living in Chicago at that time
or perhaps that year's dye run just had some really great browns.
Out of the Box
2003
As I've grown as an artist I better understand my fascination with color interactions.
Masterful use of value, in any hue, attracts me as much as color by itself.
I'm still learning. Still working on stepping out of my box.
Perhaps I'm even still learning and exploring what the box is.
It is such a fascinating world, so full of wonder.
Trying to capture those feelings, those visions, those emotions.
What an amazing life-long venture.