Léni Paquet-Morante: Extract / Abstract

Working across various media, including acrylic painting, ink drawing, and monoprints, the artist prioritizes abstraction through her use of bold colors, impressionistic mark-making, and unusual crops. Fascinated by tide pools, streams, and other shallow water systems characteristic of the Northeast, Paquet-Morante extracts basic and salient elements from nature and emphasizes the effects of patterned light and atmosphere to bring forward the complex beauty of everyday scenery. Deconstructing and rearranging the physical landscape, these works showcase her interest in capturing multiple perspectives as well as the relationship of her practice to vision, illustration, and memory.