Grace DeGennaro

Lives and works in Yarmouth, ME, USA

Artist statement

My work is an ongoing study of ritual, symmetry, geometry, gnomonic growth, dream theory and how the mysteries of these ancient vocabularies transcend religion and culture. Using repeated iconic forms like the circle, the diamond and the square in symmetrical associations, I make paintings and watercolor drawings that offer the viewer access to a sense of time as both ancestral and immediate. Though precision is a predominant quality of my work, evidence of my hand renders each piece subtly asymmetrical. Each of my paintings is offered as both an antidote to the distractions of our everyday world, and as an entrance to the collective unconscious.

Artwork