RANA ROCHAT New Paintings
RANA ROCHAT New Paintings
July 10 - September 4, 2013 Opening reception: Wednesday July 10, 6 - 8 pm
Untitled W234, 2013, Encaustic on panel, 48 x 54 inches
Untitled W236, 2013, Encaustic on panel, 54 x 48 inches
Untitled W233, 2013, Encaustic on panel, 54 x 48 inches
Untitled W237, 2013, Encaustic on panel, 48 x 42 inches
Untitled W232, 2013, Encaustic on panel, 54 x 48 inches
Untitled W226, 2011, Encaustic on panel, 42 x 42 inches
Untitled W230, 2012, Encaustic on panel, 54 x 48 inches
Untitled W229, 2012, Encaustic on canvas over panel, 42 x 60 inches
Rana Rochat Atlanta-based painter, Rana Rochat, returns to Seattle with her second solo exhibition at Winston Wachter Fine Art. Rochat’s encaustic paintings explore a spontaneous abstraction based on an intuition and instinct. Each seeks a fragile balance between order and chaos, with non-specific forms and shapes moving through the painting field. Having neither a foreground not background, Rochat’s work exists as it’s own transparent and luminous environment. Her marks move through space in a “stream of consciousness” approach that reminds one of a novel, where bits and pieces of imagery are layered throughout. Within an environment of deep light and color, Rochat creates an experience that is pre-verbal, promoting pictorial awareness before language or narrative has processed the visual information. There is a freshness to Rochat’s paintings, allowing the viewer a chance to let their imaginations wander as they follow the circuitous lines meandering in and around the fields, washes and points of color.
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