Why Do We Drink The Mess You Poured? on requestElizabeth Karsch creates vivid, complexly layered paintings made with a variety of media including acrylic, graphite, colored pencil, spray paint, oil pastel, charcoal, house paint, and more. Her works are intuitively composed of abstract lines and swaths of color, forming abstract compositions that at times seem gestural and familiar. Karschs method of mark making is highly personal: her experiences and surroundings are absorbed into the work as raw
Karsch’s method of mark-making is highly personal: her experiences and surroundings are absorbed into the work as raw energy and unfiltered expression is released into each mark
a collection of photographs taken in Joshua Tree and the surrounding desert
and the fact that this mark has never been made before and can never be reused
and eucalyptus
Jesse Frohman Yellow Flowers
yet refined in their construction
Frohman concentrated on landscape as a subject out of concern for environmental justice
Frohman's large-scale print presents an abstracted still life
Karsch is based in Sag Harbor
Frohman initially visited the desert to study texture and tonal range of plant life in black and white
Generous deep proportions and a loose back cushion lends casual comfort
Karsch’s artistic practice is an alternative language for her