A selection of drawings and paintings set in the backyard from Zoey Frank’s upcoming solo show. In “Yard”, Frank is interested in exploring time and tracking a space as it changes over the course of a day or season. Different states of the yard are explored here, from a the stark, empty space in the bright light of a Colorado winter, to a lush high summer picnic. The images themselves emerged over time. For the drawings, Frank would start with a single sheet of paper, drawing a small section of the yard in front of her, before adding to the image one piece of paper at a time. The multi-panel paintings began similarly, working from observation in her yard as well as the yard behind her studio.
“I began with one panel, with the idea that it would grow, and just started painting…. For Back Garden I used a different limited palette for each panel, and the color blocks on the edges show the 3-4 paints that I used for each panel, and then a few mixes to see what the palette could achieve in the rows next to that. Using a different palette in each panel helped make it feel to me like the scene is unfolding over time rather than all at once. I also like how the color squares move my eye around and keeps me coming back to the surface of the image.”
See more images below or on display at Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado starting February 6th.
