Katherine Burling

KATHERINE BURLING

Charlottesville, Va.

BOLD, EXPRESSIVE, COLORFUL

 

Katherine approaches the canvas without a predetermined map, allowing expressive compositions to emerge through a process of layering and erasure. Working within a non-objective framework, she treats the canvas as a site of negotiation where deliberate, structural marks collide with the unpredictable behavior of oil paint. During this dance, she prioritizes the internal rhythm of the work over external reality.  She is fascinated by the moment a composition begins to dictate its own direction.

Katherine's process is a cycle of assertion and response: She may start with a controlled, decisive gesture, only to let the weight of the medium or a spontaneous impulse dismantle that order. By balancing these expressive 'accidents' against moments of careful refinement, she can document the friction between the human desire for order and the inherent chaos of the creative act.

Katherine Burling is an artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Burling holds an MFA from James Madison University. Her recent oil paintings take her back to her roots as an action painter, a mark-maker and a Prismacolor junkie.