Nicole Duennebier

I think of the masses in my paintings as fruiting bodies, malignant growths that take on a lavish formation. They are not lying still but are very slowly expanding out across the terrain, usurping surrounding materials. These figures become garish amalgamations of color and texture. Similar to the forest still-lifes of the 1600's there is the sense of malevolence connected to the living things that move along the forest floor. But this malevolence derives from the uneasy combination of textural pleasure and disgust. Within the delicacy of the masses there is the indication of "festering" in the form of sodden underbellies and noxious fumes that rise into the air.

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