patricia zarate
 

Six, 2008
acrylic on wood, 48" x 78" x 1/2"

 

Color Inter Action , 2007
acrylic on board, 12" x 12" (each)

Color Inter Action is a twenty-one part work. Each panel is divided in half and contains two colors; each color is repeated twice. The original idea for this piece came from 2 Color Squares (works on paper). I wanted to recreate this using paint - layers and layers of thin paint. The result is a luscious, smooth surface.



Color Inter Action

 

Lean Leaning Light (orange and green), 2006
acrylic on wood, 48" x 126" x 1/2"(overall)

Lean Leaning Light (orange and green) is a work containing 20 pieces - 10 orange with alternating yellow and 10 green wth alternating yellow. For this piece I was interested in creating a work using color as a light source. Color bounces off the wall, thereby activating the space.

Lean leaning Light

 

Paintings for Corners (yellow), 2006
fluid acrylic on wood, 4' x 3 3/4" x 1/2"(each)

Paintings for Corners is comprised of three 1 1/4" pieces of wood hinged together with linen. There are a total of six pieces (in yellow, orange, red, violet, blue and green). I wanted to create a piece specifically for the corner of a room.

Paintings for Corners (yellow)

 

Blue too Blue, 2005
acrylic on board, 15" x 7 1/2" (each)

Blue too Blue is the view of a sunrise and a sunset as I saw it in Southern California, December 2004.

Blue too Blue

 

Random Horizontals, 2005
acrylic on wood, variable (4' x 1 1/4" x 1/2" each)

Random Horizontals is a work with a maximum of twelve individual pieces that can be arranged randomly using all twelve pieces or a minimum of two. The wall becomes part of the piece.

Random Horizontals

 

Vertical Paintings (red), 2005
fluid acrylic on wood, 4' x 1¼" x ½"(each)

Vertical Paintings, works in pairs, use the same color combination in each pairing. There are a total of three pairings (yellow, red, and blue). The pairs are shown in separate rooms (or at a distance) and play with the viewers' memory.

Veritical Paintings (Red)

 

Green Aura, 2005
fluid acrylic on board, 12" x 12" (each)

Green Aura, a ten-part work, captures the prominent colors of a operating room as I saw it in June 2004.

Green Aura

 

Skyward, 2005
acrylic and colored pencil on wood, 4' x 1½" x ¾"(each)

Skyward is based on the Pulaski Skyway, a cultural icon that connects Jersey City to Newark, New Jersey. The work is composed of two parts, each painted black with a gray “X” truss design of the two projecting towers of this cantilever bridge.

Skyward
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