Absence of Presence, Raydiance Salon, 2008

Artist Statement

My goal for the paintings was to explore the tenuous nature of objectness through interaction of the formal elements of paintings. This was achieved through the thickness of the canvases, the treatment of the sides of the canvases, and the push and pull effects of the chosen colors. The titles of the paintings suggest a specific yet completely random date in my lifetime. They are meant to rhetorically ask the viewer where he or she was on that date to perhaps conger up some forgotten moments. The featured prints are reactions to the paintings and the collages are reactions to the prints while incorporating the ideals of Colorfield Painting. This exhibition represents the beginning stage of my research of Barnett Newman and Post Painterly Colorfield Abstraction.

Lindsay Roth, 2008

Squares II, Numbers 1-6, Collage on Acetate, 2008.

Saturday, November 27, 2004, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Thursday, June 7, 2007, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Monday, August 6, 2001, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Wednesday, October 25, 1989, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Friday, February 29, 2008, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008.

Installation View

Tuesday, December 31, 1985, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Wednesday, January 17, 1987, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008; Monday, May 29, 1995, Acrylic on Canvas, 2008.

Circles I, Number 4, Etching, Relief, 2007; Circles I, Number 9, Etching, Drypoint, Relief, 2007; Circles I, Number 10, Mixed Media Print, 2008; Circles I, Number 13, Etching, Drypoint, Chine-colle, 2008; Circles III, Number 1, Eching, Collagraph, 2008; Circles III, Number 2, Collagraph, Collage, 2008; Circles III, Number 3, Collagraph, Acetate, Collage, 2008; Circles III, Number 4, Mixed Media Print, 2008.

Circles II, Numbers 2-4, Ethcing, Drypoint, and Collage, 2007-2008.

Installation View

Installation View

Installation View

Untitled, Senior Show, 2008

Artist Statement

I don’t paint to separate myself from others. I don’t paint for fame and not for financial gain. I don’t paint because it is what I was put on this earth to do. And I certainly don’t paint to express my most inner emotions. I simply paint because it makes me happy. For me, making art, whether it is painting, drawing, or printmaking, is a way to slow down time and allow me to enjoy every minute of my life. Everything outside is chaotic, frantic, and sometimes depressing but inside my studio, I create my own world where I am in charge of everything from music to conversation to lighting. Painting, however, can be as heart-wrenching and difficult as anything outside, but I use those times as challenges and work through them.
I have no plans right now to attend graduate school and I may never do so, but I know I will be creating some form of art for the rest of my life. My dream is not to teach but to support others. My goal is to someday open a gallery focusing on emerging artists. I hope to support others with the same encouragement and real support that I have received over the past years. Right now I am at the bottom of the totem pole and I might not ever reach the top, but that’s fine with me because I am doing what truly makes me happy.

Lindsay Roth, 2008

Series 3 Number 8, Oil and Acrylic on Paper, 2007.

Series 3 Number 7 and Series 3 Number 8, Oil and Acrylic on Paper, 2007.

No Feedback, Collagraph Print, 2007.

Circles III Numbers 1-3, Mixed Media Prints, 2008.

Squares, Acrylic on Canvas on Acetate, 2007.

Lyz, Me, and Craig, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University, 2008.

Installation View, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University, 2008.

Installation View, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University, 2008.

Work From 2007

No Feedback Please, Collagraph Print, 2007.

Mom's Rhubarb Pie, Collagraph Print, 2007.

Circles I, Copper Plate Etching, 2007.

Circles I, Copper Plate Etching, 2007.