(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 1991) Harvey, Katie McLeod
Immediately visible is raw swirling paint and vigorous markmaking depicting images which resemble nests, whirlwinds, spirals and vortexes. The images I use represent personal symbols and interact, sometimes with long sweeping amorphous shapes and spherical masses. My color is intuitive and often muted. My art alludes to a darkened inner-world space. Although dark, this place is not still. Images spin and collide. Energy is wound in coils of paint and surface markings. A visible struggle occurs when combining these images, which exude such different energy and directional forces. This provides an ambivalent and turbulent relation to space. These images appear to want to break out of the limitations of the surface and framework.
