Joan Libby Hawk

Joan Libby Hawk

As an artmaker, I seek to visualize the not yet seen through whatever means necessary. What makes artmaking go? Ruminations on ancient artworks, the questions left unanswered and unknowable. The tumultuous exchange of visual and intellectual ideas; the clamor for rights and equality; the examination and reconsideration of form and formlessness; the experience of revealing inward expression through outward means – joyful, sobering, challenging.  The natural world provides constantly evolving substance, complex structures, colors, emotional resonance, and existential drama.  As a ceramist and painter, the “making” conversation reveals new areas to map. For example, the idea of “edges” intrigues me to work on clay sculptures and sculptural paintings where the edges celebrate shadows and movement; they also highlight danger: is there something beyond? Is the landing soft or hard?

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