Pauline Delin: Work in Progress

Pauline Delin February 8 to March 6

Rings by Pauline Delin

Artist Statement:

I grew up in rural CT with Artistic parents, so boredom in my home meant someone would put a pencil in my hand.  Thankfully, I came to love my creative side rather than run from it.  I am a restorer of old paintings (as is my father) which keeps me “in the paint” but is often very slow arduous work.  I find that painting has been a wonderful way to consistently challenge myself in a very fulfilling and unrestrained way.  It continues to be a journey that is both separate and parallel to my life.  The gift is not in my ability but in the calling to do it.    

Pauline Delin

February, 2010

Digital Natives: string drawing performance

Finally, we brought our explorations into the third dimension with a room-sized string drawing. I had intended to document the performance and discard the string at the end of the class, BUT, the students wove it very tightly and worked out a way to suspend it from the ceiling. I can't imagine the space without the string, which became the perfect finishing touch.

Digital Natives: Installation Views

The collagraphs became the centerpiece of the exhibit with dozens of monoprints pulled from them lining the walls. Additional layers of organization were added to the prints by drawing, and later, collage.

Digital Natives: collagraphs

Intended to serve as plates for our printing process, the collagraphs themselves became increasingly complex and interesting as they accumulated a residue of paint.

Digital Natives: collaborative printing

Using glue and string, we drew diagrams of our communication patterns on boards. When these were dry, we gathered up leftover cans of latex paint, supplemented with some acrylic paint, and using paint-roller sponges, "inked" our plates and pulled multiple prints from each one. Boards, prints, paints and people all moved around the room in a collaborative swirl. We shared techniques and materials as we developed our multi-layered prints.

Denise Driscoll and Art I: Digital Natives

Denise Driscoll and the students of Art I are mapping the intricacies of daily communication with collaborative prints and wall-drawings in Digital Natives.  Work will continue through January.