Deborah Lynn Irmas

Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA, USA

Artist statement

DEBORAH LYNN IRMAS STATEMENT I make non-representational art to explore relationships between line, color, shape, paint and textile. I work between the intersection of crochet and paint. The color palette of cool tones is a unifying component of my work. I often work with vintage materials like wallpaper and clothing, preferably vintage night gowns and slips. Sometimes these garments are cut up and reconfigured (a form of collaging),which for me carries intimacy, inheritance, and transformation. My work uses formal and simplistic elements responding to my minimal sensibility. Another component of this series, is painted works on wood panel which also explore shape, line and color using collage as another attempt towards transformation. These works are often self-portraits and whimsical in nature. I am also continuing to explore self-portraiture through photography while investigating the different sides of self that we allow others to see.

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