Alyse Rosner

With wood grain XXXVI, 2009, graphite, fluid acrylic and ink on yupo, 22 x 20, With wood grain XLVII, 2009, graphite, fluid acrylic and ink on yupo, 22 x 20, With wood grain XL, 2009, graphite, fluid acrylic and ink on yupo, 22 x 20, With wood grain XLIII, 2009, graphite, fluid acrylic and ink on yupo, 33 x 30, With wood grain L, 2009, graphite, fluid acrylic and ink on yupo, 33 x 30

These pieces follow nine years of painting highly detailed abstract miniatures on raw pine boards. The accumulation of tiny mark making on wood created a raised surface and distinct texture which naturally led to me to make rubbings of the miniature paintings. Later, I began to create more expansive rubbings taken from the deck behind my kitchen. On top of this layer of wood grain pattern, the organic dissemination of painted marks across the surface mutated into a more methodical system of painting and line drawing.

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