ARTIST STATEMENT
Give me contre jour: facing into the light, a dematerializing source of hope and joy. Or give me contre nuit – when I look into a moonless night, feeling l’appel du vide – aka ‘the call of the void’. In Japanese there is the concept ‘komorebi’, which means light as it dances with leaves’. These are clues to the pieces in my “Tree Museum”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I live and work in the central Illinois community of Urbana Champaign. My practice takes whatever form I need to give materiality to the emotional place I am seeking to commemorate. I try to not say no to my impulses. Encaustic allows me to work with brilliant color, and dense textures on both 2-D and 3-D projects.
© Christina Nordholm