Heather Gwen Martin
Ghost Dance
Image: 17 3/4" x 14 3/4"
About the Artwork
This print is Heather Gwen Martin’s first foray into printmaking. We at Haystack were thrilled when she agreed to do her very first print with us. She traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to create these works in the PS Marlowe Studio with Master Printer Phil Sanders.
Curatorial Opinion
In Heather Gwen Martin’s Ghost Dance, the deep blue and green forms appear to drift up from the smallest blue at the bottom of the frame. Like wisps of smoke from a cold fire, they creep out of the frame. The spindles flit toward each other in a tantalizing embrace.
24 1/2" x 20 3/4"
Image:
17 3/4" x 14 3/4"
About the Artist
Heather Gwen Martin (b.1977, Saskatoon, Canada) is a painter based in Los Angeles who is interested in the human aspect of painting. The colors are hot and bright, nearing hard edge abstraction while maintaining the mark of the hand. Each shape is poetic, with flourishes of elegant movement akin to dancing.
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