Joan Linder

Joan Linder, 2001, Business Man, ink on paper, 52 x 143”

Joan Linder, 2007, The Pink, colored ink on paper, 52 x 143”

Joan Linder, 2002, May - December, etching on paper, 35 x 75”, ed. 3/8

In a culture hyper-saturated by electronic imagery I use the traditional materials of a quill pen and a bottle of ink to create large-scale images that persist in exploring and claiming the sub-technological process of observation and mark-making.  My recent work consists of life size representation of figures and objects. There is an unusually vital relationship that arises between the observer and the observed on a scale of one to one.  The sleight, or sloppiness, of hand creates an awkward intimacy that is compounded by the definitive and energized process of cross hatching. -Joan Linder