ArtistAziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter
Arboretum Field Approaching Fall
Date2010
MediumSilkscreen, linoleum print, colored pencil, acrylic paint, and graphite on handmade paper
Dimensions29 × 39 in. (73.7 × 99.1 cm)
Framed Size: 38 1/2 × 49 1/2 in. (97.8 × 125.7 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2016.015.5
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
- Department of Public Works (2000 14th Street NW, 332A)
DescriptionArboretum Field Approaching Fall was created as part of a series of monoprints created while attending a residency with Pyramid Atlantic in the fall of 2010. As part of the residency proposal Gibson-Hunter made ten sheets of large paper. Using printmaking and painting processes, she created a series of abstracted landscapes.
This series was inspired by the abstract/impressionist work of Japanese landscape painter, Chuta Kimura, (1917- 1987). Kimura spent the latter part of his life in France painting the garden of Clos-Saint Pierre, and the landscapes of Provence, France. Gibson-Hunter was drawn to his almost childlike use of unusual colors, and loose brushstrokes, being held together by the sophisticated employment of composition. Landscapes were a subject she rarely drew or painted. This subject matter was both a challenge and opportunity to stretch her comprehension and implementation of abstraction.
Arboretum Field Approaching Fall is subtractive. Gibson-Hunter played between positive and negative space between the sky and trees, removing whole areas of landscape information, adding texture and forms from the indigenous plants and weeds. The intention of this series was to experiment with elements in an urban park through the creation of abstracted landscapes. She also sought to utilize rhythm in the use of color and repeated forms.
