My ceramic paintings engage with how light illuminates the subtleties of color and surface. I press clay together, piece by piece, in a process of unfolding. Embracing the organic imperfections and poetic irregularities of clay, edges warp and sometimes crack. Painted during daylight hours in layered compressions of time, matte oil paint sets the ceramic surfaces aglow. Brushstrokes become a language of layered perceptions of colors. The pigmented forms oscillate between folded walls and curved fields—blurring the distinction between architecture and the landscape.
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Marla Sweitzer is an artist based in Fresno, CA. 

@marlasweitzer