Intermezzo 3 charcoal working spontaneously

working spontaneously

recalling a season when with friends she would leap across a light well from a third storey window to the rooftop of the neighboring building

mostly monochromatic surface that include bas-relief planes “locked” together against a more “fluid”

mathematical approach heavily influenced by color

This artwork conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective

Intermezzo 3 charcoal working spontaneouslyNeill creates works on canvas, linen and paper using a variety of mediums, including graphite, colored pencil, charcoal and paint. Her process involves an intuitive marking of the surface resulting in continuous, interwound lines and squiggled geometric formations. The work references many of the qualities of Lyrical Abstraction. Her process is instinctive and non representational. Margaret Neill is inspired by the fluid geometric qualities of curve