SPRING DANCE by Angela Dierks

Artist pigments, ink, acrylic, paper, pencil

64 x 54 cm

61 x 51cm

£620

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Artist Statement

People’s internal worlds have always intrigued me which drove me to re-train as a counsellor/psychotherapist in my early 40s. Having originally studied literature, I was interested in looking at different forms of expression – beyond language – for several years. The exploration of internal landscapes and emotional processes carried over for me in my practice as a mixed media, abstract artist. The world of therapy opened up a deeper exploration of instinctive and deeply personal processes that painting helped me to access. Concurrently, producing art became my own form of therapy. In my therapeutic work I discuss emotional states; in my art I aim to translate emotions into abstract, poetic, visual markers on canvas.

The starting point is most often colour. My work is process driven leaving room for chance and error. Rather than specific imagery, the work develops through movement and gesture on the canvas. I let the painting guide my brushstrokes, splashes and marks on the canvas surface. Much like the human psyche my work is layered with thinner and thicker washes of colour.

I seek internal restoration by spending as much time outdoors as possible. The beauty and soothing qualities of the natural world tends to find expression on canvas.