Laura Bidwa, Artist Talk 15, 2023
Laura Bidwa’s recent paintings are composed of layers of oil, latex, and spray paints on panels that the artist applies with a confident and exuberant brush. The paintings are packed with contradictions, as they are both energetic and quiet, textured and smooth. In the artist’s own words, “If it works, I can draw a viewer into looking at a painting very carefully, noticing the gesture of a brushstroke or a shape, how the paint’s edges change, how the surface of the oil paint is matte or slightly less matte or shiny, how the colors shift as the paint is thicker or thinner. I hope the viewer is able to be lost in looking, seeing one thing after another even in this simple object.”