My paintings are culminations of texture, line, and form embodied within layered films of color and light. Image comes together, drifts apart, falls, floats all quietly within the deep, structured space of a square. Color is vital to expression. Whether mono- or polychromatic, I strive for color that is rich and resonates. Texture is also an intrinsic element. Using wax, sand, pumice, marble dust, rice papers, I endeavor to create tactile surfaces to be sensed before closely seen. I compose all these elements - image, line, form, color, texture - with and within the boundaries of the square - to create an emotionally charged space - subtle, yet bold; strong, yet precariously fragile. I use the depth of the painted space to provide presence - to seemingly approach the viewer first, inviting contemplation and quiet scrutiny.
My art is an expression of and at times a refuge in all that I find beautiful. These layered, textured works are evidence of my search for an innate sense of beauty beyond that which can be touched, heard, tasted. As visual poems, they offer a primordial space of color, light, form – a place of only feeling.
Deborah Winiarski
New York City, 2009