Stephanie Doyle
stephaniedoyle@comcast.net
Across the Divide
4 1/2” x 4”
acrylic, graphite on paper 2020
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Shelter
12 1/2” x 11 1/2” acrylic on paper 2019
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VISITATION
10 3/4” x 7 1/4”
Acrylic, Graphite on Paper 2019
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Your Dream Drifts From Mine 12 1/2” x 11 1/2”
acrylic on paper
2019
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When starting to paint, I try to be as clear-minded, or conversely, as agitated as possible, both in an attempt at spontaneity. It takes a fair bit of either to get me where I want to be, which is watching the work come through and to limit conscious control. This, at least, is my intent. In a 1994 article in the Mt. Angel News, for a show at Mt. Angel Abbey, I was quoted as saying “It is my intention that these works be very simple and direct. They are about the line and the mark that I make and how I respond to what I start.” I have diverged slightly from this early statement in that I now sometimes paint over another image that I have made or a reproduction; a conversation of sorts between myself and an image, but on the whole, I remain the same.
I consider the materials used as collaborators in the work, and I enjoy using papers and surfaces, and tools that I cannot completely control, so that bumps and inks, old brushes, and tools surprise me with the results.
My work often has a welter of lines and marks, and Teri Hopkins noted in a drawing show at the Art Gym that “These works by Stephanie Doyle are both paintings and drawings, and quietly encourage the viewer to think about that distinction.”
Stephanie Doyle CV
I consider the materials used as collaborators in the work, and I enjoy using papers and surfaces, and tools that I cannot completely control, so that bumps and inks, old brushes, and tools surprise me with the results.
My work often has a welter of lines and marks, and Teri Hopkins noted in a drawing show at the Art Gym that “These works by Stephanie Doyle are both paintings and drawings, and quietly encourage the viewer to think about that distinction.”
Stephanie Doyle CV