KP2021 – Walker, Jane

I make 2-dimensional work with lines. The images I make are of cities, I draw and re-draw cities. The cities are often viewed from a high viewpoint or are on a hillside. I am interested in seeing the patterns humans make on the planet from different distances. I change the scale of buildings. I am interested in how far these patterns reach in time and space. Do human structures have any effect on nature, on animals, the weather and climate? Does the human pattern of building have any impact on the past or the future?

Composition for me is a mathematical presence in the arrangement of the lines. The speed and tension in the lines picks up on music, sounds and vibrations. I am trying to remove weight and density from my work aiming at more of a suspended city. I often draw cities upside down with the smallest buildings at the bottom to think of the reduced amount of space we have on the ground. By varying the lines as much as possible I am trying to extend the essentially traditional practice of painting.