DEBORAH ADDISON COBURN
A Little Bit of Sunshine
Oil on Linen
50" x 42"
Lost in Translation
Charcoal and collage on paper
57” x 46”
Go With the Flow
Watercolor on Arches paper mounted on board
24" x 18"
Grandfather’s Pride
Charcoal and collage on paper
66” x 49”
Beast nor Fowl
Oil on Linen
30" x 40"
Lee Family in Montreal
Charcoal and collage on paper
50” x 39”
Off the Top
Oil on Linen
50" x 42"
Sprite
Oil on Linen
50" x 38"
Dick
Oil on Linen
50" x 38"
Connections
Oil on Linen
58" x 32"
By the Sea
Oil on Linen
30" x 44"
ARTIST STATEMENT
My art, like my life, is an exercise in controlled chaos. The challenge I give myself when creating art is to find ways in which a jumble of lines, shapes and color can be organized into a composed, harmonious experience.
I begin with drawing; attacking the paper with pen, pencil or charcoal, scribbling and smudging as I go. The image eventually emerges, as does a record of the activity and spontaneity involved in the process. By then cutting up my drawings and piecing them back together into abstract collages, I create grid-like compositions. which become the starting point for paintings or prints. I often create multiple pictures from the same composition or elements, but experiment with taking them in different directions. These abstract compositions often have an organic quality suggestive of a figure, or resembling landscape.
Within the organized space are exuberant gesture, line and color, which encourage the eye to move around the surface, making little discoveries along the journey. My goal is to create a balanced composition that conveys energy, rhythm and the excitement of creating.