Valentina DuBasky

"Grey Spotted Horse in Pink Field", expressive lines in pinks and oranges

2017

Oil and Ink on Panel

Oil, ink, gesso, on panel, Spirited abstract patterned composition with linear animal imagery, clear colors,

Abstract, interior, landscape, animals. Oil on panel.

Focused on animal and archaic imagery. Inspired by pre-historic painted caves, found on multiple continents, by Homo Sapiens and, it turns out, Neanderthals too. Wondering what their...

Oil on panel with a gesso underpainting.

"How Birds See II" is a musing on birds ability to see a greater variety of colors than humans. Murphy imagines that they see a patterned spectrum of colors and chroma that pops like flowers. "As an artist, my paintings, prints, sculpture and public art are made with the attentiveness of a scientist, observing our natural world beyond the visible surface. My interest lies in the interconnected qualities of art and science, specifically the micro / macro patterns that reveal our connectedness; be it migratory avian flight patterns shared commonality with immigration routes, or how light pollution maps mirror viral molecular patterns, or aerial views of watershed systems that reveal vascular patterns. Through the act of creating, I am aware of being both infinitesimally minute and integrally part of a larger whole. It is this dichotomy and the vastness of these images that provides perspective to our humanity." - Deirdre Murphy...