Charlene Liu's exhibition, Lattice, explores two aspects of her art practice: mark-making and image-making. Liu's recent watercolors and unique woodcut prints are thematically connected by floral imagery and highlight the diverse considerations of medium specificity. The exhibition reveals the artist's complementary approaches between the mindful deliberations of printmaking techniques and the observational immediacy of line seen in her plein air style paintings.
An array of vibrant green watercolor hues capture the lushness of wild gardens through enlivened puddled marks, while the jewel-toned graphic patterned woodblock layers harmoniously build optic effects through color and form. Liu's title Lattice suggests structural components of her process and considerations of surface tension as she continues to expand visual possibilities through her polymorphous material skill.
