Yameng Lee Thorp, from her Oakland studio, creates vibrant abstract paintings that explore the tension between familiarity and the unknown. She embraces spontaneity and freedom in her artistic process, favoring large-scale works with oils and acrylics on various surfaces. Her approach involves discarding traditional rules to achieve immediacy in mark-making, enabling her to produce dynamic pieces. Influenced by Monet, she sees parallels between his radical expressiveness and abstract expressionism, striving to capture life in her own work while maintaining a sense of wonder and discovery.
"I'm drawn to that dance on the edge of familiarity but pushes beyond so you're never really sure what it is. I love when something goes against logic but is still making sense."
"The larger size takes the preciousness out of the equation, and the more that happens, the more it enables me to fully let go."
"I also like to be able to draw on canvas directly and carve out areas with charcoal and tiny brushes to create details."
"Those works were so loose and radically expressive that they almost looked like Abstract Expressionist paintings!"
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