Tricia Lazuka

Slideshow 10-10-2008

Artist's Statement

For years, in late evening, I have been walking our dog at a pond near our home. Inherently, life at the pond has much to do with the imagery in my paintings. The pond in its metamorphosis throughout the year, serves as a microcosm for life, linking past and present.

My paintings are as much about drawing as they are about color. I am continually finding lines and forms which express a fleeting state of being. I follow the lead of the line, whether meandering or forthrightly directional. I apply the colors layer upon layer. I allow an image to emerge from the process, shaped by the indefinable: time, visual cues, things overlapped. The result is a serendipitous interplay of color, instinct, line, form and the delicate balance that allows them to be.

Beeswax as a medium allows this shifting across the spectrum. Paint is brushed on when it is molten: it is scraped or scribed when it has cooled. Layers are added, each fused by heat to the one before it. Image and process are interconnected. Much in the same vein, the monotypes are a symbiotic union of paper, paint, and heat; a gracious continuity.

ARTWORK: Abstract

Prices range from $500 to $1,200.

Image (click to enlarge)	Number	Title	Size	Media	Opening
	LAZ 401	Mad Waltz 1	30X30"	Acrylic on panel	1/22/10
	LAZ 402	Mad Waltz 2	30X30"	Acrylic on panel	1/22/10
	LAZ 403	Mad Waltz 3	30X30"	Acrylic on panel	1/22/10
	LAZ 301	All Things Considered I	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 302	All Things Considered II	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 303	All Things Considered III	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 304	Mercury 8	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 305	Mercury 9	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 306	Mercury 10	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 307	Mercury 11	16x16"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09
	LAZ 308	Mercury 12	12x36"	Encaustic on panel	7/10/09

Art Access Gallery, 540 South Drexel Avenue, Bexley, OH 43209