Artist Spotlight : Linda Hollett-Bazouzi

Artist Spotlight 

Whether outside or in the studio, once Hollett-Bazouzi has completed her thought process, she works until the painting is done. Besides trying to capture the moment, the wind, the ripple, the sound and light, there is the physical factor of how she paints and it is very difficult to go back and finish later. Touch up, yes; stop for a few days and come back, no. She uses a painting knife almost exclusively, and that lays the paint onto the canvas very differently than a brush. Once the paint has begun to harden, she can’t push and pull the paint around, scratch and scrub, build and obliterate. The texture becomes too busy, too disruptive to her thought process. In the studio she will work 12 hours uninterrupted on a large canvas—capturing that same sense of urgency she feels when working outdoors. This is fueled not only by constantly changing light and weather, but also by the locations Hollett-Bazouzi chooses. She's drawn to areas that we see but don’t see. This leads to work being done in a series, expressing change over time, real or imagined, within herself or in the location.

"Alla prima, au premier coup, all at once, first strike. Whatever you call it, my best work has always been about this—whether outside or in the studio, once I’ve completed my thought process, I work until the painting is done. Besides trying to capture the moment, the wind, the ripple, the sound and light, there is the physical factor that because of how I paint it is very difficult to go back and finish later. Touch up, yes; stop for a few days and come back, no. I use a painting knife almost exclusively, and that lays the paint onto the canvas very differently than a brush. Once the paint has begun to harden, I can’t push and pull the paint around, scratch and scrub, build and obliterate.I am drawn to areas that we see but don’t see. This leads to work being done in a series, expressing change over time, real or imagined, within myself or in the location."

- Linda Hollett-Bazouzi 

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