Alexine Good
Artist statement. Alexine Good: Screenprints
Why cows? They seem to embody a slow, patient sense of contentment, curiosity and gentleness that feels refreshing in our fast, less innocent world. I have been a contented city dweller for the last three decades, living in London, then moving in 1996 to Berlin; but while recently attending a series of silent retreats in the Allgäu, I found myself returning to the themes of my rural childhood and agricultural studies and began working on a series of drawings of the indigenous grey/brown cows whose pastures bordered the cloister garden.
Why screenprinting? There is nothing quite like pulling off a new print, never knowing quite what to expect…
It gives me the same buzz now as it ever did……. simply magic.
The process: A sketchbook drawing that I am satisfied with is used as a basis for a series of screen prints, whereby the drawn line, transposed onto the screen, is printed in combination with various layers of colour to create a dynamic but harmonious whole.
I could play forever with the various combinations of colour and line, positive/negative forms, scale, transparency, ….
Why drawing? Drawing is my way of connecting with my environment. I have kept sketchbooks as a visual diary for over thirty years…. an eclectic mixture of self-portraits, tins of brushes, buildings, shoes, fruit bowls, flowers, family, pets, …. it’s all there. When I’m drawing everything has a logic to it. It centers me.
What is a good drawing? For me, a successful drawing is about the reduction of the subject matter, through a series of increasingly rapid sketches, to the bare essentials, while retaining its unique character and energy. A brilliant art teacher of mine once said that a really good drawing is like the Holy Trinity, a combination of three things; you, the subject matter, and the magic that happens somewhere between the two, with neither of the first two components playing too dominant a role.
Om kunstneren
Alexine Good er en britisk kunstner der bor og arbejder i Berlin. Hun er vokset op med køer i Devon og har en landbrugsuddannelse og mange års erfaring med arbejde med kreaturer bag sig.
Siden har hun studeret kunst på et kunstakademi i England. Hendes motiver trækker på hendes indgående kendskab til kreaturer. Serierne er printet i ganske små oplag på henholdsvis 5 og 3 stykker i hver serie.
Alexine Goods billeder er karakteriseret ved en flyvsk og let pen, der fanger dyrets væsen uden romantisering. De printede farver er moderne og smukt i harmoni med hinanden. Derved møder den gamle, landlige verden en urban og nutid palet på meget raffineret vis.
Alle billeder er signerede og nummererede af Alexine Good.
Curious Calf findes i et optryk på 3. Contemplating Cow og Curious Cow findes i et optryk på 5. Companiability findes i et optryk på 3.
Alexine Good billedgalleri
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