Over the past decade, Ashlynn Browning's often sparse paintings - "intuitive marking and organic lines," as she describes them - have been a familiar part of gallery shows throughout the Triangle. In a new solo exhibition that opened last week in Chapel Hill, Browning shows a series of paintings that at first seem a departure from her earlier work; but she says they are a natural development out of what she has been doing. Forms that had been submerged are now becoming prominent, she says.
Artist statement
"This series focuses on merging geometric forms with intuitive painting process. Hexagons, grids, and stacked forms tangle with loose brushwork creating images that function alternatingly as geographic and emotional landscapes. There is a tug of war in these works between representation and abstraction. I find the pursuit of balancing on this line to be infinitely intriguing and fertile.
