The Art of Joellyn Duesberry
From the
Artist's Statement...
"My works’ focus is dictated by
place, and the work shown in this sampling provides evidence
of my continuing search for structure in landscape painting.
Working outdoors assures me of two things: absolute
concentration, and a sense of urgency which causes me to
distill the land to irreducible forms."
"I realized I was painting
internalized subjects -- blissful or terrifying, in deepest
memory of first emotions – and that I had always attempted
to recreate these primal motifs in new places, no matter the
continent or square foot upon which I had placed an easel.
The more exotic the jolt of the unfamiliar, the more
authentic and direct the access to the mental furniture of
unconscious visual memory, and the higher the voltage of my
response on canvas. Each new virgin territory I visit
summons to the surface richer, more personal and irreducible
forms stored in pre-verbal memories of first-sense
impressions – the points of an inner compass I now trust
most."
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