Connections through Community
by Angela Walcott
2018, Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 24"
This painting deals with family, community, and ancestral knowledge passed down from generation to generation related to African and Caribbean oral traditions of storytelling.
This painting consists of overlapping brushstrokes of colour and line. The brushstrokes are washy and textured like a palette knife made them. The colours of the paints are bright sky blue, navy, and reddish-brown on golden yellow and white background. The work depicts expressive and dynamic abstract figures facing different orientations.
At the top of the painting, a large figure is turned to its side, its cheek to us. Another figure, a duplicate of the first, is in the upper right-hand corner. In front of these two figures is another body in the mid-ground of the painting. The figure’s torso is turned, with its back to us. Its form takes up the lower right side of the painting. To the lower left-hand side of the painting is a small, juvenile-appearing face outlined in dark blue paint.
An impressionistic painting of various bodies, torsos, and faces.
Angela Walcott is a multidisciplinary artist who works mainly with acrylics. She incorporates found objects into her work, including textiles, embroidery, clay, natural fibres, and text. Her connection to nature can be seen in her work as she explores elements of plant life and botanical and the use of natural dyes and fabric art manipulation. She allows different elements of her practice to inform her work, using music and creative writing to inspire her creations.