Artist Statement
Aleksandra Rdest

Pocket Storms

It is an exploration of life forms and their component parts that informs the structure of these paintings. Indexical marks left by bursts of energy are the starting point. They are then built up with each layer being a response to the one below; all layers being translucent and therefore visible at the same time. It represents the way we see today, we are almost always looking through a veil, a screen, window or lens.
I think of the Pocket Storm as being both destructive and productive; it causes chaos and destruction and yet it sprouts a new order it allows new and different possibilities to flourish in its wake. I am investigating the concept of the storm and its ramifications on literal, metaphysical and emotional levels.

2009

Affable Convective Burst
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009

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Atlantic Convective Burst
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009

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Controlled Convective Burst 
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009

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Romantic Convective Burst 
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009

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Tropical Convective Burst
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009  

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Loose Convective Burst
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
44 x 42”
2009

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Geomorphic Pocket Storms 4
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
18 x 34”
2009

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Geomorphic Pocket Storms 3
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
18 x 34”
2009

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Geomorphic Pocket Storms 2
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
18 x 34”
2009

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Geomorphic Pocket Storms 1
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
18 x 34”
2009

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Pocket Storms 1
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
32 x 42”
2009

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Pocket Storms 2
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
32 x 42”
2009

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Pocket Storms 3
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
32 x 42”
2009

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Pocket Storms 4
Oil, alkyd and acrylic on mylar
32 x 42”
2009

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