LISE LYKKE

Artist Lise Lykke fills her frames with large, confounding faces. She slaps, drips, and smacks the paint against the paper, giving herself the freedom to explore a range of possibilities throughout the creative process. From nervous lovers to an eerie stranger, Lykke unleashes a mixed bag of emotions as she brings these mysterious figures to life.

Lykke uses domestic objects like spatulas, brooms and sponges to mix the paint on the canvas. Forming a direct, instinctual relationship with the work, Lykke investigates the emotional depths of the human experience.

Every time I start a new work I am curious to see what will emerge. The process is unpredictable, as is the result. It is a continuous source of enjoyment to play with shapes and colors. I use acrylic paint on canvas, and I prefer big canvases. The colors are applied as blobs, stripes and splashes with mottled randomness. Sometimes I work in shades, sometimes contrasting colors. I mix the colors on the canvas, using a brush, spatula, sponge, whatever. I let the painting and colors work, and see what comes up. Then I grasp it, work it further, and shape it. We cooperate, the painting and I.

It is more like I let the painting tell something that makes people happy. I hope people will have a good experience when they see my paintings, and it will make their day better. If a person enjoys my painting, I am satisfied.

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