October 2000
- Nola Ahola
BFA University of Washington 1962
MFA University of Washington 1964
Nola has lived and worked on Lopez. Island, in the San Juan archipelago, since 1992. Strips or shapes of handmade Hosho paper are pre-torn along a brush line of water. They are then mono-printed or directly painted with diluted, pre-mixed acrylic paint In the case of mono printing, an acrylic wash is brushed onto a glass surface, then picked up by the absorbent paper. The areas of thin color are layered, usually wet-in-wet, in an improvised manner. The speed this process fosters surprise and invention; the rapid drying of acrylic paint allows fast composition of the modular shapes. When the paint is directly applied it is often stroked in web-like layers of different colors which migrate into each other, giving an active luminous effect. Finally, the strips or shapes of paper are adhered to a stretched backing paper.- The compositions convey movement and suggest elements of landscape and water as well multi-cultural motifs.
- Nola Ahola
10007 9th Ave NW
Seattle Wa 98177
206-784-0931 nola_ahola@yahoo.comm
www.rockisland.com/~nola
