Rebecca Jacoby
Artist’s Statement
resonance | rezənəns |
: the ability to evoke or suggest images, memories and emotions
The renowned Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon said, “It’s in the doing that the idea comes.” Bacon aptly describes how I make art. A blank canvas initiates a process of uncovering the completed painting. I assemble an existing puzzle that seeks to be revealed.
The works in Resonances are products of my continued exploration of process, intention and inspiration. Inspiration often comes from unintentional marks that emerge through the process of starting and working on a painting. Images appear naturally and are encouraged by treating and re-treating the canvas. These marks are catalysts from which I expand on imagery and move the work forward.
Resonances also introduces an emphasis on the canvas edge as a source of imagery. In drawing imagery from the periphery, I can re-visualize the canvas and hone the process of “doing” art to generate resounding ideas.