DUETS  by  Jane Cooper

New works, new ways of working.

 

I began my largest canvas, LIGHTS ACROSS THE BAY, in mid March, the start of isolation. The piece identifies with an immediate sense of separation, distance, longing and hope.

 

Without a press, and studio repartee with fellow artists, in April I began creating cyanotypes. Harvesting nature and sunlight, balancing it with my hand - additions of watercolor, gouache and metal leaf.

 

Much of the work in this exhibition was completed in 2020. Sourcing the light and narrative between pairings of works for a language in and of itself. Hence, DUETS.

 

“It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.”

-Haruki Murakami