Artist Information:
Danielle Shelley
Santa Fe, NM
United States
Member Since: Jul 2003
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Artist Statement:
MULTI-PANEL GEOMETRIC
PAINTINGS:
I don’t think Donald Judd
would like my paintings, but
his installation of 100 milled
aluminum boxes in Marfa,
Texas, provided the
jumping-off point for my
current work. Seeing Judd’s
boxes made me aware of my own
fascination with things that
are almost ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2009 - Linda Durham
Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, "The Wonder Salon"
2009 - Salon Mar Graff,
Tesuque, New Mexico,
"Terra-Hedron"
2009 - Santa Fe Community
Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
"What seeds have borne"
2008 Center for Contemporary
Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
"Collect: Inside 8"
2007 - Coleman Gallery
Contemporary ...
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Collections:
Public collections -
University of Texas at Tyler,
Art Program Permanent
Collection
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Commissions:
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Danielle Shelley's Premiere Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Danielle Shelley's Portfolio.
MULTI-PANEL GEOMETRIC PAINTINGS:
I don’t think Donald Judd would like my paintings, but his installation of 100 milled aluminum boxes in Marfa, Texas, provided the jumping-off point for my current work. Seeing Judd’s boxes made me aware of my own fascination with things that are almost the same but not quite—aspens, waves, New Mexico flat-bottomed clouds.
In each series of oil-painted panels, I repeat the same geometric composition, with small changes in color and shape, as many as 25 times. (A spreadsheet ensures that I never reuse the same design.) I draw lines without ruler or tape to preserve the evidence of a human hand. The time I spent in West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer influences my use of color and visual polyrhythms.
I sometimes think of my work as handmade minimalism, lyrical minimalism, even Fauvist minimalism.
MONOTYPES:
In making monotypes, I use brayers and my hands, rather than a press, to transfer ink from the plate to the paper, and I work without preconceived ideas. A series of monotypes usually begins with a color rather than a form.
Printing by hand is somewhat unpredictable, introducing a playful element of chance. ... |
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