Tilda Mann: Dispatches

Tilda Mann during her exhibition at Cerulean Arts

“Do you like to write?’

“Oh, yes, I love to write!”
“What do you like to write about?”
“Oh, I don’t know. I just like to make the letters.”

-- Tilda Crispi, age 7, in conversation with Lucy Confortes, age 70.

Only a little has changed over time. My interest in narrative has grown, or perhaps more accurately, life experience has given me a little more to say. What’s remained the same is my impulse toward the calligraphic mark – the scribble, the line, evidence of the artist’s hand. Pattern and color have also grown in fascination for me. In this body of work I have opened up the field from strictly oil painting to more works on paper and collage, allowing for more play, more spontaneity, and more abandon. The marks demanded it.

Dispatches
June 16 - July 14, 2018