Roman Elegy (series)
Roman Elegy (Caravaggio Variations)
Roman Elegy (series)
Roman Elegy (series)
Roman Elegy (series, 2 panels)
Josepha Gutelius
Artist Statement
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Painting for me is a constant, energizing connecting of opposites -- place/displacement, certainty/mystery. As a former playwright, I tend to see the figures in my paintings as characters with an implied before and after, where “identity” itself is relational and in flux. My primary interest is to capture layers of consciousness, the precarious balance of time/ timelessness, the overlap of memories. These can be personal, historical, cultural memories. I usually work in series, with different subject matter brought together under one theme, such as “School Days,” “The Shape of Water,” “Silence of Nowhere.” My practice often involves taking the same scene and varying it slightly in different panels, like frames of a film, to signify the passage of time. I start with ink or charcoal and add