Wendy Kelly

“Undercurrent” demonstrate Wendy Kelly’s continued research into the non-objective genre and its relevance in contemporary visual language.
These works incorporate collage and inert pigment in a manner that creates subtle geometric rhythms and tensions. Within an “almost monochrome” reductive aesthetic, thread is used to construct a complex lineal surface structure which is then interpreted by the application of multiple layers of paint and glazes to construct a rich and complex surface. The addition of collage in the form of print or paper in turn is subverted to a point of unreadability by tearing before the glazing process begins.
These works have a freedom of material interpretation and have the ability to incorporate an emotional expression. The aim is to produce work to which people can quietly relate, something that has a quality of intrigue and calm. They are slow to enter, yet are meant to be re-visited again and again, in different lights and at different times and length of times; a continual engagement.