Abstract Nature

Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown KY 

March to April 2023

&

A/C Hotel, Louisville, KY

April 2019

“There’s something of that mysteriousness that one gets
by looking at nature as if through the eyelashes,
so that the forms simplify themselves into patches of color.” 
-Van Gogh- 

Through abstract expressionism, I restore nature back to their primordial state. What we consider reality is a human construct. Human constructs often turn things we see – like flowers and landscapes -- into objects of commodification. I disrupt this habit by breaking down what we see to its fundamental visual elements: colors, shapes, and textures; to sow doubts of our immediate perception; to affect a critical curiosity for the history of images. Art is a practice of paying attention. Abstract expressionism is a discipline of attention to disrupt socialization. My works challenge viewers towards a more humble, appreciative and emotive way of paying loving attention to the world.   

-Suyun Son-