SURFACE
MAEVE WOODS
The Volunteer, 2002. oil on cotton duck, 198 cm x 167 cm. detail
Friday 20th January until Sunday 26th February 2012
So many essential metaphors connect to the idea of 'surface': I see and feel surfaces everywhere, and if I were to lose my sight even, I'd react to sounds bouncing off surfaces. My particular interest as a painter, involves changing surfaces by placing marks and spreading colour. But I am also investigating the idea of radical change by means of a division or a slice, or by the overlay of substance over substance over a surface. - Maeve Woods December 2011