Works on Paper

Cattails

Artist

Rebecca Nagle

Year

2025

Medium

Ink, Acrylic, Colored Pencil

Size

40" x 18"

Price

$1,800.00

Created by soaking and freezing the paper, then skating through paint across its surface, this work emerged through a process that initially felt counterintuitive. I was entering a space that challenged the traditional flow and rules of painting, allowing movement, chance, and physical memory to guide the work rather than a predetermined image.

Using the skate blade as a mark-making tool while moving across the frozen surface, the deliberate movement of balance against the unpredictable nature of ice and flowing paint the piece began to materialize. The surface began to hold traces of the experience itself with the subtle marks left by the skate blade embedded within the image. What began as an unconventional approach to painting became a record of movement, memory, and environment.