SHARON ZEUGIN

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FEATURED ARTIST DECEMBER 2016

Training in Western calligraphy and life-drawing  are the biggest influences on my art which is largely intuitive and improvisational. Dreams, the Ghost Ranch landscape, repetitive lines in nature (including  the human form), gestural lines and marks, medieval manuscripts, handwriting, graffiti, poetry are inspiration for work which run the gamut between large paintings, collages and broadsides to small drawings on paper and art journals. More dream-like than bold, my art whispers and suggests, drawing the viewer in for a closer look. Many pieces are the result of weaving together text (my own poetry, prose) and images in a layered, organic way; where calligraphy and handwriting become expressive, living lines dancing freely about the broadside or canvas. In the quest for personal meaning and authenticity in my calligraphic work, I have developed a variety of personal scripts which include “feminized Roman Capitals” and an undulating line of writing reminiscent of Arabic, consisting of contrasting round, open forms and sharp compressed ones.  These expressive, living lines and forms are better suited for my favorite texts, such as “O and that awful deep down torrent, O and the sea crimson sometimes like fire..” (James Joyce, Ulysses) than the more well-behaved evenly spaced traditional  letterforms."

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Raven

Solstice Sun Over Pedernal

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