Artist, K Silve’s intuitive and deliberate acrylic paintings unfold through layers of paint. Lush colours, aggressive brushwork and drips pushing and pulling off the sides of her canvases reveal a subconscious energy.
Silve’s art is about her experiences in nature. Every painting starts with a concept from a specific experience; meditating over the simple beauty of a pale pink rose; smelling the fresh spring scents of Oregon’s mountain meadows; or interacting with masses of people at a farmer’s market.
Once she finds herself in an interesting or exciting moment, she starts to observe with no agenda; attuning her senses. She focuses on the smells that bring back memories, the friction of people moving about, the calmness of birds chirping, and the adjacent colours of flowers or fruit stands. These experiences last for moments or hours. Only after the experience, she starts to visualize a painting. She focuses on words that define the consciousness rather than the actual place: “freshness”, “quietness”, “boldness”, or a combination of feelings that she wants to express in her painting.
Silve always starts each painting with an image in mind from her experiences. In her studio, she focuses on being “in the moment”, and paints intuitively. She uses many mediums to create assured; thick brush strokes contrasting with drips and smeared paint.
Layer after layer, the painting starts to unfold. At this point, her marks are more deliberate rather than intuitive. She contemplates each mark until the painting finds its rhythmic natural conclusion.
Silve’s work comes out of the Abstract Expressionists concept of “art and live duality”. Her main influences are Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, Joan Mitchell and Gerhard Richter
Born in Springfield USA, K Silve now lives and works in Portland, Oregan.
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