Laurie Blessen
'I Set'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
'To Something'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
'To Happen'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
'To Immerse'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
'Took Turns'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
'Running By'
Monotype 22" x 30"
2020
‘I look to color for my words’
Working in abstraction allows the fullest expression of my life. Prolific and driven to get out the complex emotions that words fail to express. I use colors to set the tone and lines the movement. Together they tell my narrative.
My work explores balances of complex with simple and intense color with black and whites. The forms appear as abstracted roads/landscapes/doors and windows. I layer to represent the totality of life. I include the dark times and messy places as a celebration of it all.
I do not set out to use these elements they appear as I work intuitively to express myself. I work fast enough to not let the thinking get in the way. I let the art do the magic. It’s only in hindsight I can appreciate this full richness of discovery.
Laurie Blessen studied at the California College of the Arts and received a BFA in Graphic Design. Her education in art history grew her affinity towards Modern Art which influences her work to this day. At Blessen Design, she worked with corporate clients to realize their marketing materials that was rewarded for over two decades. Her passion for design was then applied to furniture for the interior design trade and was published in international magazines. Blessen’s strong skills as a visual communicator are currently being realized in her work as a committed abstract color field printmaker.
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