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 y painting reveals an involvement with the contemporary language of abstraction and is informed by many years of art making. Combinations of markings — dots, dashes, lines, slashes, circles, ovals and loops — folded into layers focus on overall spatial patterns and color shifts.
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There is a deeply felt synthesis between the personal and the pictorial within my work. Committed to a visual language composed of a variety of marks and layered paint surfaces, I roll, scrape, brush and squeeze paint into the various layers of my works on paper and paintings. Skins of color and the accrual of information over time combine to create the works of art.
Most recently, the intensity of color relationships has deepened, generating stronger spatial depth within the images. Even as the work evolves in organic complexity, formal concerns remain a critical part of the process.
Through all of these processes, I allow the accumulation of thought, with its emotional qualities and its logic, to be expressed. Pleasure in the visual is made clear in my work and invites repeated viewing.
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Ayott has exhibited extensively in the New England area and abroad. Recent venues include: Kathryn Markel Fine Arts and OK Harris, both in NYC; the Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, MA; the Danforth Art Museum in Framingham, MA; the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA; Wheelock College and HallSpace Gallery, both in Boston; and the McIninch Gallery at the University of Southern NH in Manchester, NH. Her paintings and works on paper are represented in many private, contemporary collections.
Ayott holds two graduate degrees, an MFA in painting and an MS in art education, both from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Her home and studio are on Boston's North Shore and she is currently an associate professor at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA. |
© 2006–2008 Diane Ayott. All rights reserved.
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