Maya Kabat
left to right
A Meeting of Trajectories 2, 2015
Grade Seperation, 15, 2016
Grade Seperation 10, 2016
Super Spatial 15, 2019
Acrylic on Canvas
24” x 24” - each piece
Artist Statement
My paintings reference the urban landscape, and explore relationships between architecture, geometry, color, and texture. I work with thick applications of oil paint mixed directly on the canvas and use a range of flat tools intended for applying drywall compound. Areas of the surface are built, un-built, layered, mixed and remixed as the paintings evolve. I am interested in the push and pull of color and form in space, with no direct reference point, where depth of field, scale and perspective all come into question. My process involves intense physical interaction that focuses on balancing structure with improvisation in an ongoing effort to fit disparate parts into a cohesive whole that is at once tectonic and organic. I see my work as a process of self-discovery as I seek to reconnect the disparate parts and make sense of internal and external inconsistencies and contradictions.