A new exhibition by a renowned Pittsburgh abstract artist celebrates her thoughtful use of multiple layers and negative space.
[Editors Note: Judy Barie is a professional studio artist in Pittsburgh. For more than thirty years, her work has been shown extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. She has won numerous awards, and her work is included in several private, corporate, and museum collections. A new exhibit of her work, “The Shape of Things,” at the Zynka Gallery in Sharpsburg, Pa., opens on March 8.]
“The Shape of Things” exhibition has given me the opportunity to arrange my work in a way that focuses on the negative, which is as equally important as the positive shapes.
I arrange them thoughtfully, organically, and with subtle and bold placements, resulting in a rich flow of color and patterns.
The paintings are created on birch wood panels by mixing and pouring latex and oil paints simultaneously.
Many layers result in a balance of unforeseen elements and happy accidents, which I celebrate.
For me, painting is an intimate, self-involved craft, a gestural marriage of materials.
The resulting abstract compositions highlight my pure love of paint.”
