Justine Ashbee
Justine Ashbee does beautiful work with nothing but Sharpie pens, those marker that was first introduced in 1964 and has since expanded into a wide product line of forty colors.
I begin with a curve, from which lines and forms begin to emerge, evolve, morph, and grow organically, in an intuitive flow, while maintaining delicate, elegant precision. The methodology is rhythmic, spontaneous, and direct, reducing interference with mark-making. Much like zen calligraphy, they are improvisational, and intuitively composed, where the physicality and the mark making become one.
“I’m utilizing stark, amorphous lines to trace the movement and human experience of the non-linear and imaginational realms. Through this intuitive visual language, a negotiation of the visceral and everyday human experiences of beauty and pleasure, and feeling are given voice”.
Justine’s work, aside from its beauty, also enthralls the viewer by means of its organic quality. Each piece starts as simple curve, and continues to grow through an organic flow, unencumbered by the marks or traces that frequently guide other artists from start to finish. Sharpies, as we all know, are very permanent pens, so the fact that Justine works through this method just about floors me.
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August 22, 2007 - Category: Art - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
July 10th, 2008 at 12:43 am
that’s really great work!