Artist Information:
Maggy Aston
Greensboro, PA
United States
Member Since: Oct 2001
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Artist Statement:
My recent work involves
connections between art,
science, nature, and
technology. Much of the work
is drawn from observation,
though I also use images from
the history of science and art
as literary or symbolic
references. Working mostly
with plant and animal forms, I
approach my subject in the
spirit of a naturalist,
through research, reading,
drawing, and fieldwork, which
includes wanderings in woods,
fields, and beaches in search
of interesting forms and
phenonmena. The drawing
studies often follow the
conventions of scientific
illustration, where full
chiaroscuro renderings are
juxtaposed with schematic
diagrams, cross-sections, and
detailed enlargements. Sooner
or later, however, scientific
objectivity is abandoned in
the interest of art-making,
and the image is transformed
or abstracted.
Some of these pictures have
been repainted many times.
Most did not evolve steadily
from start to finish, but are
instead a series of
observations and erasures
performed at intervals over a
period of months or years.
The act of erasure, and the
residual images produced by
many changes, attempt to
create a passage through the
time and space of the picture
which suggests the ephemeral
quality of natural forms.
Vaporous states, transitions
from solid to liquid, and the
accumulation and ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
MAGGY ASTON
Address P.O. Box 265,
Greensboro, PA 15338
Telephone (724) 943-4944
email
riverrunbooks@windstream.net
webpage:
http://maggyaston.com
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Drawings
and Constructions, Digging
Pitt Gallery
2005 Prints and
Paintings, Digging Pitt
Gallery
2002 Painted
Monotypes, Benedum Gallery,
Waynesburg, PA
1998 Paintings
and Prints, Renaissance...
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Artist Galleries:
Riverrun Books and Prints,
Greensboro, PA 15338
Digging Pitt Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA, 412-605-0450
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Collections:
Public Collections
Butler Museum of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV
California University of
Pennnsylvania, California, PA
Biblioteque Nationale, Paris,
France
Private Collections
John Morris, Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Fullerton, Arlington,
VA
Larry Hall, Washington, PA
Cynthia Lamb, Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas and Joan Richards,
Minneapolis, MN...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Maggy Aston's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Maggy Aston's Portfolio.
My recent work involves connections between art, science, nature, and technology. Much of the work is drawn from observation, though I also use images from the history of science and art as literary or symbolic references. Working mostly with plant and animal forms, I approach my subject in the spirit of a naturalist, through research, reading, drawing, and fieldwork, which includes wanderings in woods, fields, and beaches in search of interesting forms and phenonmena. The drawing studies often follow the conventions of scientific illustration, where full chiaroscuro renderings are juxtaposed with schematic diagrams, cross-sections, and detailed enlargements. Sooner or later, however, scientific objectivity is abandoned in the interest of art-making, and the image is transformed or abstracted.
Some of these pictures have been repainted many times. Most did not evolve steadily from start to finish, but are instead a series of observations and erasures performed at intervals over a period of months or years. The act of erasure, and the residual images produced by many changes, attempt to create a passage through the time and space of the picture which suggests the ephemeral quality of natural forms. Vaporous states, transitions from solid to liquid, and the accumulation and ... |
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