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"My paintings explore touch and its relation to colour, surface, and physical presence. Touch is the only sensation given to the figure, as it exists as a complete tangle of arms and legs. Unreal colour, light, and water bring the figure’s ground to life, creating an environment enveloped in sensory information. Colour and light create a layer of content in visual touch, as colours appear soft or hard, smooth or rough, immediate or still. Unreal colour challenges the viewers preconceived associations with this colour, transforming it into something tangible, physical, and admirable.
Upon the surface of colour are water drops, saturating the figure and ground. The physicality of water creates a haptic response, bringing the viewers' attention to their own body and responses to being wet. Water also provides opportune moments for painting, such as highlight, shadow, and brush variety. Centering the viewer’s focus on touch and it’s concealed qualities brings attention to the sensory event of being alive. " -
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About the Artist
Mariah Ferrari is a painter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2019. Ferrari’s work has been shown in several exhibitions across the US and in The Netherlands, London and Belgium as well as publications including Art Maze Magazine, Spring Edition Issue 12, New American Paintings, No. 149 Midwest Issue and Friend of the Artist, Volume 12.
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