painters
Artist Statement
Kay Ives
ARTIST SATEMENT
For several years my work has focused on natural phenomena: water, flowers, rocks. My art veers between abstraction and realism using luminosity and transparent layers to evoke a sense of spirit.
I use abstraction and realism in the same piece, often dividing the canvas into panels. I want to convey that the mind’s eye is not singular, but richly layered. We view things simultaneously in fragmented and nuanced ways. My work reflects the intuitive, logical and spirit minds. The natural chaos of the natural world is framed by the geometric logic of straight precise lines. The intuitive mind is found in the atmospheric transparent washes.
I am attracted to nature because it is always changing. You can’t pin it down. Water can be clear, calm and blue and then suddenly it changes to white spray and raging force. It is both reflective and transparent. The same is true of flowers: they never stand still. They are metaphors for the ephemeral nature of our own lives and minds.