Tender Grace, oil/gessoed panel, 10 x 8 inches
On Thursday, April 28th, a new exhibition will open at John Davis Gallery. The work of Leticia Ortega Cortes will be displayed in the main galleries. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, April 30th from 6 - 8 p.m. and the show will run through Sunday, May 22nd, 2010.
"For this exhibition of my recent work, I am presenting a series of experimental small works that juxtaposes both the abstract and the illusionistic languages. My continuous interest and fascination to render realistically with oil paint, prompt me again to integrate representational elements into my abstract work. I have a very strong, personal connection with fabric as my mother used to sew the costumes for my elementary dance group. I fondly remember my house filled with dozens and dozens of crinolines which frilly covered entire walls. This series is set to explore the formal syntax of drapery. In addition to the method and treatment, I'm attracted to the formal potential of drapery and its possible readings. While addressing the subject of drapery in classical Greece, Sir Kenneth Clark stated the following: 'Drapery, by suggesting lines of force, indicates for each action a past and a possible future.'
The large formats are color fields, directional planes, and gestural marks. Reference to nature is muted, and thus abstract and reductive forms take shape. My approach to the creative process is one focused on insight and emotional awareness. My paintings employ the medium of oil paint on different supports: substrates coated with dry gesso, which yields a smooth, luminous surface; and supports with oil-based grounds which have a different ability to absorb and reflect light. For me, the application of paint and pigments to the supports is of great importance: be through a delicate layering and veiling process, or through thick, resolute layers. The former allows me translucency and depth, the latter opacity and flatness. My conceptual and formal decisions are based on the analysis of color, form, and composition. The final resolution however, is a personal response obtained intuitively when I feel a strong visual composition is achieved."
Leticia Ortega Cortes, 2011
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