"My technical approach is radically free-wielding by traditional woodworking standards. My desired effect is not symmetry or exacting ornamentation as in inlay but rather a more expressive and painterly approach characterized by qualities of color and texture." - Cheryl Prisco
CHERYL PRISCO
RUMINATIONS
Cheryl Prisco working in her studio in Boone, North Carolina.
Rumination
(noun) 1.a deep and considered thought about something.
"As with all artists, I need to make for my overall wellbeing; it is a necessity,
a compulsion. I did not surrender to it completely until relatively recently at the age of 55.
Now two years in, which has included 15 exhibitions, honors including two artist grants,
purchase prize award, best of show award and a public art commission– I am making up for lost time.
Why now? I cannot say for certain but I believe it was the experience of almost losing my partner back in 2017. That abrupt reminder of mortality and transience has made me feel an intensity and urgency in everything. My work reflects this intensity visually in color and tactile dimensionality...
I am addicted to color and pattern, drawn to irreverence and visual dissonance.
In place of paint and brush I cut, color, and shape wood elements, creating abstract
low relief assemblages. The process of my work, the shaping and fitting, the painting
and placement of multiple pieces, is the physical manifestation of rumination.
My feelings, attitudes and concerns are visually recorded in color and composition. Each assemblage is a rumination, a story, one in the making and one in the viewing."
Copper Nail, Rumination 19-1, IF, Memories of Mario, Needed Distraction
Up close with 6' Under - An American Retablo
"Too early on, we say, 'You got to choose'. And creativity, like music is not something you should have to choose. You should always be able to sing and you should always be able to create. That's what brings out the best in humans."
The Taming of the Blue and Static
12 x 12 Ruminations
Rumination 19-8, Rumination 21-1, Rumination 19-5
Please visit Cheryl Prisco's website to view more of her work.