Artist Name: Denise Driscoll

My paintings begin with the notion that all living things—plants, animals, and
humans—are connected in an intricate mesh of being, yet each exists at the
center of their own world. These simultaneous centers of lived experience
swirl within and around us, piercing, enveloping, and permeating with or
without our notice. Our kinship is complicated.

To process complexity, I draw diagrams. I color-code. I use accumulation to
consider multiple scales. Holding questions about symbiosis, coexistence,
and sentience while I paint, I grasp at the slippery awareness that we live in
a clash of porous and conflicting worlds. Reflecting these competing
interests, my paintings have no focal point. Instead, clusters of ovals and
perforated shapes entwine and melt into each other within ambiguous
boundaries. Highly saturated, complementary colors vibrate and float just
above the painted surface. Each canvas is an imaginary map of exchange, a
playful, hopeful vision of momentary harmony.

Small works are always available in the Studio Shop on my website (link above).

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