Auction 762, Lot # 32

DEBORAH WESTMANCOAT
(Solihull, Reino Unido, 1968 - )
Lyra in the waters
Firmada y fechada 2015
Mixta sobre papel

(Solihull, United Kingdom, 1968 - )
Lyra in the waters
Signed and dated 2015
Mixed media on paper
58.5 x 83.5 cm

"I have a long-term interest in alchemy and the philosophical sciences and how they help us to understand landscape and our place within it, particularly how the traditionally held metaphysical stages of alchemy: nigredo (blackness), albedo (whiteness), citrinitas (yellowing) and rubredo (redness) might appear within the natural environment. I look for the quiet places where these stages become apparent and collect samples of site and weather specific waters (flood, rain, hail, dew, frost and snowmelt) and combine with writing ink to illustrate my findings".
- Artist statement
58.5 x 83.5 cm
Estimado $30,000-40,000