Teresa Cline, Threaded Thoughts, 2022

Materials: Acrylic on canvas *Please note- this work is from a series of six being offered here. Artist Statement: I paint from a deeper subconscious part of my being. Always from a place where words do not directly control. Moving paint around a canvas informed by stored memories. Feeling the rich viscosity of paint on your fingers. The sound of the brush as it scrapes and scratches across a canvas. Watching the hues transform into colors to represent a feeling. I think it's like watching interpretive dancers move their bodies across a stage as they feel the music in their muscles, as they respond to the other dancers they share the space with. It's a partnership of sorts. I think this is a good description of what I'm feeling when I paint. I'm just working with and responding to the materials I'm creating with. I paint without deliberation in short segments of time then I take a bit of time to let my mind catch up to what's been done before proceeding. I really try not to think too m