OM.2024.078 - Betsy Arizu - USA

 

OM.2024.078 - Betsy Arizu - USA - Untitled - collage on panel - 8 x 8 inches - Visual Poetry and Color

Artist Statement:

Betsy's mixed-media artworks combine collage, painting, drawing, and printmaking. Her approach is process-oriented and explorative, using found, painted and printed paper for collage, acrylic paint, house paint, ink, graphite and wax, on canvas, board and paper. Exposure to the work of John Cage, Agnes Martin, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Pat Steir has greatly influenced her path and practice of art making.

Biography:

b.1956 - American

Arizu studied art at the University of South Florida, California College of Art, JFKennedy University and Kala Art Institute, Berkeley. She currently lives in Raleigh, NC. Although her mixed media paintings are purely abstract they are influenced by the ever-changing textures, shapes and colors of both natural and urban environments.

Contact
Website: www.betsyarizu.com
Email: betsyarizu@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betsyarizu/