Cheryl Molnar

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Artist statement

Much of my work—if not all—puts the friction between man-made “progress” and nature into stark relief. I abstract patterns and shapes to reference modern structures without direct representation. I also use patterns as a directional element to create a navigational path while noticing small details along the way. I juxtapose these structures with natural elements—native fauna, rocks, and topographical changes—to recall what once existed before these structures arrived. Whether an office park, a cookie-cutter suburban development, or a modern house cut into the hills, all of these structures have altered the original natural landscape. This work is created by painting sheets of paper with gouache. I then cut and collage the painted paper with archival digital prints of my photographs and drawings and reworked with washes of gouache.

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