"NON-LINEAR" WORKS BY ANNE NOVADO November 27, 2021 - January 22, 2022

Show Statement:

What happens when in the midst of a pandemic, an artist finds new sources of inspiration? What “NON-LINEAR" presents is my professional work as an artist; ramping up a healthy mega-dose of self-expression and self-care through a noisy, turbulent time.

This is like any job, really. Who hasn't been handed the task of balancing the unexpected in life and work and seeing where it takes you? The works in "NON-LINEAR" developed through years of experience in both producing artworks, and also in the field of running my gallery business. In carving out dedicated studio time, things can be a slow start and then the process takes off. Quiet time is a necessity in order to properly have mind-space to put the work in to create something good. Art-making doesn't like half attention, and responds in kind when your creative fire is fully lit.

"NON-LINEAR" includes new works that represent humanism as a reference to creativity; works that transcend the emptiness of the "technique and trend reliant". Through movement brought by the shades of colors, I am reproducing light in blind spaces and movement in static ones. I can't worry about making a bad painting, as even then there is something to be gained from the occasional "monumental fudge-up". For a bit of uncharacteristic nostalgia, I remember in the 1970's I made work that had wonderful clarity, and during the same time period, I felt the grave disappointment of making a muddy, overworked painting. In revisiting what had happened in this early work that was actually good, I was unable to appreciate it at the time.

"NON-LINEAR" is not about a cohesive body of work in which to connect the dots. Life has been too strange for that kind of restraint. This show is about getting back into some well known territory, and taking risks. There is a lot going on in the world of art that has nothing to do with or even liking the actual art. I may have had some fun with that. I'm also up for a challenge from a collector. All that matters is I have to care enough about it to actually make something of it regardless if anyone likes or gets it.

"NON-LINEAR" is the creative personalization of a journey into a world which is more than a series of works, it is a reflection on the importance of repossessing a moment from the storm, as the one we are currently facing.

For those who are up for seeing a show of my work in my own gallery, you are probably in for seeing beauty, some oddness, and fun. That is my intention.

-Anne Novado, 11/22/2021