Black and White, No. 19

Maricris Hansen

I find powerful energy in the tension between seeming opposites—effort and ease, emotion and intellect, surrender and control. I strive to create a visual language that evokes liminal spaces within us, the moments of equilibrium between the push-pull in our natures.

I love how abstraction provides range for my search for the “truest” moments of expression. I tear, slice, and move paper to explore how form conveys weight and energy. Using only papers I paint myself, I create collages that integrate the accidents of torn paper with the intentionality of lines sliced by a razor blade. My large-scale paintings begin as small collages, challenging me to follow the spirit of a piece through changes in form and materiality.

I am inspired by movement, light, courage, color, nature, poetry, wave, longing, and perseverance.

Email: maricrishansen@gmail.com
Website: maricrisart.com
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