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Lucinda Cobley
Occurrence (Terracotta)
acrylic and pigments on cast acrylic
with mirror, 20.32 x 30.48 cm
Lucinda Cobley - Biography
Lucinda Cobley was born in Birmingham U.K. in 1963. In 1985
she graduated with a BA (Hons) Glass Design from North Staffordshire
Polytechnic. Acquired a Post Graduate Diploma in Illustration
from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University
of Arts, London in 1993, and qualified as a teacher from the
Institute of Education at University of Central London in 1998.
Currently resident in the U.S. she lives in Houston, Texas. The
artist's practice encompasses painting, printmaking and sculptural
installation. Currently a member of PrintMatters and Burning
Bones Press she also teaches painting and drawing at The Art
League in Houston.
Lucinda Cobley's work is abstract and reductive. Formed by applying
and removing paint with flat edged implements, sponges and brushes
they are assembled from multiple layers of translucent glass,
paper or plastic. The individual works are assembled into frames
and arranged in sequences or groupings following linear or grid
formations. Color relationships become discernable through subtle
refractions of light in tandem with physical movements made by
the viewer. Sometimes barely visible, each translucent layer
reveals luminous color interactions and exposes the history of
the mark-making process. The paints are made from a combination
of minerals and pigments such as alabaster, malachite or marble
dust and when applied onto the semi-transparent materials, the
textured paint, reflects light and shadows that resolve into
meditative translucence.
Venues for work exhibited include The Royal College of Art London,
Corpus Christie Art Museum, Art League Houston, Smithtown Township
Arts Council, New York, Proteus Gowanus New York, University
of Texas at San Antonio, Islip Art Museum, Siena Art Institute,
Italy, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Museum of Printing History,
Houston, the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Plains Art
Museum, North Dakota, Galveston Arts Center and the University
of Houston Downtown. Lucinda Cobley's work has been featured
in juried publications including Images 20 by The Association
of Illustrators' in the UK and selected by Terrie Sultan Director
of the Parrish Museum New York for New American Painting Issue
84 and selected by Michael Paglia for the publication Texas Abstract:
Modern and Contemporary.