Melisa King
LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW feeling with it . Then I prepare a main background color that I relate for that image and the feeling of it . But I try to keep the feeling isolated by interruption of thoughts . I can define it as a “ pure feeling ” or purely just contemplation to that feeling . It is the essence . Then I start to draw the subject on the canvas . I use hundreds of lines on top of each other till I get to the right lines . It is like finding the quintessence of the painting .
Almost always , I prefer a large canvas ; I believe it is the result of my excitement of transferring the image . Transferring an image gives an option of enlarging it . I can add another dimension to that visual by giving it a larger space so I can make it more obvious to represent . This is my celebration , and I would like other people to see it as well .
The whole process of my painting is like crystallizing a moment or a feeling , in other words , crystallizing an essence .
For this special edition of LandEscape we have selected The Sun is God series , an interesting project that our readers have already started to get to know in the introductory pages of this article . Your paintings communicate a successful attempt to transform tension to harmony and what has at once captured our attention it ' s their dynamic and autonomous aesthetics : are your works painted gesturally , instinctively ? Or do you methodically transpose geometric schemes from paper to canvas ?
Eventhough most of the time I first take the photos of the subjects of my works , I paint these instinctively rather than methodically . I am very expressive while bringing out the painting . After an expressive introduction , I start to calm down and continue painting in more meditative manner .
While your works are marked out with an abstract feature , the themes of nature urban environment in general are particularly recurrent in your imagery . How does representation and a tendency towards abstraction find their balance in your work ?
I am very much interested in natural forms and I sometimes have the instinct of infusing them into each other which may end up as a surreal atmosphere . By this , I try to reinforce the beauty altogether with distinct colors and my main elements such as flowers , sky , land , the sea etc .
Abstraction may start where I play with colors . Sometimes I get so involved in colors and forms that I may loose connection with the real representation of the subjects . Sometimes I play with the roles of the subjects and give them different features . For example in Tomorrow Sun will Rise Again , Sun is represented by a flower . I like to create homogenous landscapes with earthy forms and flowers . I get excited by many natural forms at the same time so I end up using them in the same composition by integrating them into each other . In that process some parts may lead to abstraction .
As you have remarked once , you symbolize the sun as the source of creation and you interpret everything it ’ s light touches as divine : your inquiry into the relationship between subject and landscape accomplishes the difficult
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