Hannah Albert: Inspired

DREAMSCAPES: new paintings at One Yoga

I have a new show up at One Yoga from now until May 1st.

The older, figurative work was created by sewing on the canvas before stretching it; then layering acrylic and oils. The abstracted figures evoke mystery, sensuality, and emotion. The newer landscape work features pouring and layering of acrylic and oil paints. Some of the newest work is directly influenced by Chinese and Japanese landscape paintings and woodblock prints.

 

detail, "purple dreamscape", 2011 mm on canvas, 42x 36, Hannah Albert

"My paintings are like portals where the dream world descends through time and space. Image-making has always drawn me into an altered state of consciousness where I feel closest to Divine presence. In my work, the human body and landscape are evolving through the alchemy of earth, air, fire, and water. I invite you, the viewer, to connect with your internal sacred landscape.

Geometry, symbols, and organic shapes are intuitively formed through drawing, pouring, collaging, and painting. By engaging with formal techniques that I can't fully control, chance plays with intention, echoing the natural world, and exposing an underlying order."

 

Please join me for the reception scheduled for Saturday, April 16th, from 6:30- 8:30 pm.

mixed media dream landscapes at One Yoga

A fuzzy snapshot taken of a 12' high painting it is: sensual and etherial, figurative and landscape, tangible and dreamlike all at once. This Chinese landscape image is catalyzing my next wave of paintings. You can see it in Minneapolis at the MIA on the 2nd floor, near my favorite Quan Yin statue.

 

I couldn't wait to get back into the studio after seeing this and talking with my new friend Joseph Naughton (really, look at his work) about the phenomenon of becoming a channel for Spirit while in the act of painting. What evolved from that was reworking an old image (mixed media on canvas) into this:

 

 

new work, new shows

Many more new things are in the works using the pouring techniques I developed last year. Coming up next, my show at the Om Collective studio comes down and a new one goes up at One Yoga on March 27th. The opening reception is penciled in for Saturday April 16th, 6:30-8:30, which I invite you to join. Then, mark your calendars for May 20th - 22nd, this year's Art-a-Whirl, so you can see all the new eye candy.

So, what are you doing that's crazy wonderful with all of that spring creativity?