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Claire Edna Hurrey’s Artist Statement 2013: \u00a025 Years of Painting<\/p>\n

The two images below give an idea of the expanse my visual journey has taken in the last 25 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Stacked
Stacked Bowls – 12 x 9″, oil on canvas, c.2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"More
More Than Meat to Eat – 5-1\/2 ft x 8 ft, oil on canvas, c.1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Please look through my website galleries for a more extensive exhibit of my work.)<\/p>\n

My goal in the past five years has been to create work without ambiguous space. I draw, paint, and work in clay, to think through the process of what is seen and what is not seen; and how what is not seen is equally foundationally present and essential to what is seen.<\/p>\n

In this process of discovery through a mapped visual journey, it became apparent that not all points in space were important in the translation of three-dimensional objects onto a two-dimensional surface. In fact, the measuring of some points is not only irrelevant to a representational translation but could in fact detract or mislead the illusion to a flatter appearance.<\/p>\n

My work has spanned contemporary expressionistic intuitive gesture as finished product with flat to ambiguous space to traditional skills in accurate drawing and painting in spatial illusion. Now I play with my skills to find what objects interest me, and delight in my abilities to translate three- dimensional objects onto a two-dimensional surface with accuracy.<\/p>\n

I consciously think how I can use the skills I possess to visually present my idea, like looking for just the right word to express my meaning. I write notes and draw sketches as I work. I keep recipes for colors as I mix them for reference later. I record changes in composition, or object, or light direction to make for the next drawing or painting. I note what worked and what didn\u2019t to convey my meaning, and what visual images cross my mind for later work. A sketch book is near my bed to record visual thoughts when I awake. I work with a small group of artists for critique and feedback on each other\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

The first 4 images are small visual poems.<\/p>\n

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\"Lilacs
Lilacs and Bird – oil on gesso bord, 12 x 16″, c.2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Pink
Pink Cups – oil on canvas, 12 x 9″, c.2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Persimmon
Persimmon Slices II – oil on canvas, 9 x12″, c.2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Green
Green Cups – oil on canvas, 12 x 9″, c.2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nBelow is my clay work and drawing using a proportional tool.<\/p>\n
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\"Clay
Anatomical study of torso in clay with drawing – 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Face
Close up of the muscle texture of the face – 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clay
Anatomical study of arm in clay & placement drawing – 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Clay
Anatomical study of head in clay – 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>The next two placement drawings are from still life using a proportional tool. They are from the Angel series.<\/p>\n
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\"Where
Where Angels Fear to Tread – 12 x 16″, pencil on paper, c.2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"Fallen
Fallen Angel – 8 x 10″, pencil on paper, c.2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe next 3 images are samples from 10 years of plein air painting and studio drawing inspired by the\u00a0outdoor work from the Yakima River series.
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\"Off
Off Hayward Hill – oil on gesso bord, 8 x 10″, c.2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"River
River Water – oil on gesso bord, 8 x 10″, c.2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"Mud
Mud Rocks at Sunset – oil on claybord, 8 x 10″, c.2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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<\/div>\nBelow find a charcoal drawing from a series of charcoal studio work inspired from the outdoor paintings, and a large studio oil painting also inspired from the outdoor work.
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\"Shadows\"
Shadows – charcoal on paper, 40 x 30″, c.2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"Ode
Ode to Joy – oil on canvas, 59-1\/8 x 95-7\/16″, c.2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The last 4 images are samples from my MA and MFA graduate work.<\/div>\n
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\"To
To Live or Let Die – 5-1\/2 ft x 8 ft, oil on canvas, c.1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"Food\"
Food – 4 ft x 3 ft paint stick, charcoal, tempera, pencil on paper, c.1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"When
When the Madonna’s Been Raped, Then What? – 5 ft x 8 ft, oil on canvas, c.1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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\"The
The Puppet Master – 5 ft x 8 ft, oil on canvas, c.1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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