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Leeza Suzanne Doreian
Oakland CA US
Updated: 2023-10-22 07:57:04

STATEMENT OF WORK

My work synthesizes the delicate negotiation between the sensory experiences of the body and the cognitive ordering needed to process them. With a focus on systems and webs of connection, I address nuance, intimacy, neurodiversity, visual thinking, and liminal realms. Pattern is integral both in form and content, acting as structure and metaphor to create a place where sensuality and order meet.

Used, mass-produced fabric items inspire carefully crafted works in oil or gouache, countering the ever-increasing pace at which these types of products are produced and consumed. As an act of reverence, each item is painted to scale. The paintings, balanced between representation and abstraction, recast what may otherwise be overlooked as banal into singular poetic experience.