Ode to O'Keeffe: Black Iris IV
Chun Hui Pak
oil on canvas, 48" x 48";  $4500
Exhibited at Village West in the Under the Influence show, Fall 2016

Black Iris (1926)
Georgia O'Keeffe
Inspiration piece for Chun Hui Pak in the
Under the Influence show, Fall 2016


"Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's seminal Black Iris abstract painting - and particularly her interest in essential structure and form of the flower - I created a body of work over the years that interprets and projects the Origami Iris Flower Fold as a number of large abstract oil paintings.

The interpretations are planar shapes, colors, textures and shadows that push and pull the painted surfaces offering the illusion of three-dimensional sculpted reliefs.

When I study a folded shape - the classic Iris Flower Fold for example - I discover complexities in the underlying structure that are grounded in Asian concepts of Yin and Yang: two contrary but simultaneously synergistic philosophical principles in which all things, beings, events and time continuums are ordered.

This process of making art is also a means of meditation for the artist. Within each artwork are grids and structural mechanisms I employ as conceptual processes which fuel my intuition and visualization of colors, shapes and textures that coincide to generate artworks with a sense of mystery, mood, or even whimsy.

Viewers of my paintings may experience the Zen-like State of both calm and tempest as the rippling, pulsating surfaces create spatial dynamics and rhythms."

If you are interested in purchasing this work, please contact Chun Hui Pak or visit chunhuipakart.com.

 

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