#alysonprovax

[alysonprovax]

I love the tactile nature of letterpress and these small letterpress pieces at Wolff Gallery are printed on a heavy Japanese paper that is soft and almost fuzzy. They are so satisfying to look at up close. Wolff Gallery is open Wednesdays-Sundays, 11-6. 'you i everything else' will be up through July 1. #alysonprovax #wolffgallerypdx #youieverythingelse #letterpress #portlandart #pdxart #portlandprintmaker (at Wolff Gallery)

[bardo1129]

time #wasting #experiment by #alysonprovax #2009 #2012 screenwriting #tvwriting #painting #songwriting #nycgratitude #freecaleo (at New York, New York)

[bardo1129]

#time #wasting #experiment by #alysonprovax #2009-12 #writing #screenwriting #tvwriting #painting #songwriting #nycgratitude #freecaleo (at New York, New York)

[field-projects-gallery]

Alyson Provax shows similar qualities to delicate intricacy, yet her materials are left to their own demise. Using a finite palate, the details reveal themselves as time goes on. Her addition of words and well-defined shapes add another dimension to the pieces, almost like she is leaving clues to a bigger picture.

Works clockwise from top:

We Are Each of Us, A Multitude; 2013, Silkscreen monotype, intaglio, letterpress; 23x15"

Diagram 1; 2014; Silkscreen monotype/collage; 14x20"

Sometimes Maybe Never; 2013; Silkscreen monotype, intaglio, letterpress; 14x20"

More or Less; 2013; Silkscreen monotype, intaglio, letterpress; 15x23"

Diagram 3; 2014; Silkscreen monotype/collage; 15x23"

And here is her statement:

It’s been said that when the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs tore through earth’s atmosphere, an observer would have been able to see through the hole in the daytime sky all the way out to the stars and planets beyond. It is ideas such as this that I use as a point of departure, as I attempt to identify the experience of inhabiting a moment in time without crushing its magic. I utilize the language of diagrams, landscape, and typography as well as the imagery of natural science to look towards what is personal and close: our bodies in space, our movement through time.