Yet again I’m
drawn to botanical-style contemporary paintings, this time by artist Meredith Pardue, based in Austin, Texas. Despite
the organic appearance of the random “leafy”- and/or “tumble stone” structures,
the seemingly negative spaces in between lend an almost ghostly- but fresh
modern feel to the work. Upon closer
gaze one notices that these paintings are much more alive than they may appear
at first glance, for it reveals a process of intuitive experimentation in
colour and harmony… partly enveloped by calm ethereal glazes of what are
discarded as spare, but not quite so bare.
