Multi-disciplinary artist, Los Angeles-born and London-based, Stacie McCormick is creating paintings primarily on canvas and paper, producing works that are abstract & gestural. Using ink, acrylic and oil, her paintings are often referred to as hypnotic, meditative, powerfully calming, calligraphic and beautiful. Stacie has a daily practice of rehearsing her gesture in preparation for larger paintings resulting in a strong portfolio of works on paper. The appearance of spontaneity is rigorously studied, a result of over 30 years of work - βtrainingβ her gesture.
Her most recent body of work is entitled "Twelve Marks Epiphany Chronicles". Stacie McCormick works in series and this new body of work is a continuation of a fascination with impossibilities. Setting herself a challenge of attempting to paint the βsameβ painting over and over despite knowing the method and materials will not allow. The resulting body of works are a family and have harmony and discord at once.
"I am seeking this sublime moment of becoming.β Her motivation to paint, to work and play and move through the painting experience until a number of conditions align and the work establishes itself as complete, a conjuring of components and materials into reality.