Motor Mouth
Sweet Synchronicity
Breakthrough
Amy Longcope
Artist Statement
“The understanding and relationship of color is the key to the essence of my work."
The abstract paintings of Amy Longcope represent perhaps what is most fundamental to her, not just as an artist but as a person as well: a love affair with color and an unbound freedom resting between the colors of paint and her spontaneous reaction to blank white canvas. She tells anyone who asks about process that she follows no formal set of rules, no scripted sense of color or texture, nor does she envision any end product as she works; rather, she lets her intuition lead the way. She explains: “My goal is not to create anything specific in the beginning but rather to unleash the intense desire to create with beautiful colors and shapes which evoke thought and emotion.” The journey itself is the point and the purpose for Ms. Longcope as she expresses what is happening internally in outward gestures of acrylic paint dripping across the canvas, layer upon layer.
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