Clarity Blues

ARTIST STATEMENT

Each drawing requires patience.

The beauty lies within the tedious process of meticulously piercing the paper. Metaphoric and intricate shapes appear, articulating microscopic and macroscopic configurations within the delicate surface, using violent, yet precise tools.

The hand-tool manipulation of paper, applied through repetitive techniques, document fractal / abstract natural patterns observed during alpha state and shifting metaphysical realities. 

The result is a gentle expression of poetic compositions achieved through the redundant, rigorous, and meditative process. The flow and movement determine the experience and an interpretation. A strong emotion, yet explainable. 

Opening Reception

March 24, 2023 • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UM Staff Hour

Please join us for a reception to celebrate Laura Makar - Clarity Blues and Tom Pyrzewski - Coviseral.
Mingle with the artists | Enjoy complimentary refreshments & hors d'oeuvres

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Laura Makar was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in Toledo, OH. She earned her BFA, Bowling Green State University, OH, in 2009 and her MFA at Wayne State University (WSU) in 2014. She was awarded the 2013 Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship, WSU, received an award for her artwork at the 2015 MFAC Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, and received an exhibition award for her artwork in Terrain: 2018 Biennial All Media Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market. Laura has shown her work locally and nationally.   Her works have been featured in solo exhibitions at Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI; ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH; and Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Since 2015, Laura has served as the Gallery Manager at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery and Art Department Gallery, WSU and currently teaches at Oakland University, Auburn Hills, MI.