Inflorescence
ArtistSoey Milkcrafts beautiful portraits of women that contain elements of calm alongside calamity.
She does this by implementing visual push and pull in all of her works.
The results are compelling images that invite you to consider the motifs embedded in the artists work.
“Inflorescence”
My process, sheexplains, usually starts from a really tiny scribble.
Most times, Im thinking about something and it comes to life on a piece of napkin.
My paintings are of people in my life, Milk tells My Modern Met.
“For the Times I Could Not Use My Breath”
While paintings represent Milks most well-known pieces, sketching is important to her, too.
I’ve been drawing lately.
To me, drawing is like a blueprint for a future painting.
“The Life Between Words”
It is a careful search for the path, the nature of it a meditative one.
Artist Soey Milk crafts contemporary paintings of women that have elements of calm alongside calamity.
I’ve been drawing lately, she tells My Modern Met.
“Panicle Mist: Blue and Mauve”
To me, drawing is like a blueprint for a future painting.
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