Krista Harris is an expressionist painter whose work blurs lines
between abstraction and the natural world. Richly layered and
nuanced surfaces keep images and ideas in the air as if waiting
to come into focus. Allusions to landscape and the figure, interwoven
with pattern and line, collaborate to suspend a moment
in time, something almost recognizable, suggestive of a place that
is everywhere and nowhere at once.
Harris’ mixed media works on canvas and paper “are part art,
part science experiment” she says, referencing her love of materials
and the unpredictability of process. Her quick, natural energy
is evident and easily recognizable in the work, regardless of
surface or medium. The results lure and lull the viewer to share
in the hypnotic journey; to slow down, to wander, and to see
with child-like vision again.
"My process lies somewhere between painting and drawing. I am
equally passionate about both and I compose the work by creating
patinas of color with custom mixed glazes, building areas that
are worked in reverse by scratching, sanding or removing paint,
playing transparent atmospheric passages against thick opaque
shapes, then working in and out and weaving it all together with
seemingly random lines and marks. It’s a very sensual and
cathartic process, and losing and finding the work as it progresses
is a delicate balancing act."
Krista Harris is an expressionist painter whose work blurs lines
between abstraction and the natural world. Richly layered and
nuanced surfaces keep images and ideas in the air as if waiting
to come into focus. Allusions to landscape and the figure, interwoven
with pattern and line, collaborate to suspend a moment
in time, something almost recognizable, suggestive of a place that
is everywhere and nowhere at once.
Harris’ mixed media works on canvas and paper “are part art,
part science experiment” she says, referencing her love of materials
and the unpredictability of process. Her quick, natural energy
is evident and easily recognizable in the work, regardless of
surface or medium. The results lure and lull the viewer to share
in the hypnotic journey; to slow down, to wander, and to see
with child-like vision again.
"My process lies somewhere between painting and drawing. I am
equally passionate about both and I compose the work by creating
patinas of color with custom mixed glazes, building areas that
are worked in reverse by scratching, sanding or removing paint,
playing transparent atmospheric passages against thick opaque
shapes, then working in and out and weaving it all together with
seemingly random lines and marks. It’s a very sensual and
cathartic process, and losing and finding the work as it progresses
is a delicate balancing act."