Joanne Hummel Newell

My work is concerned with the immediacy of spontaneous drawing. I believe mark making and its deviation from cognitive processes can create a candid outcome. The occasional pasted found note or manuscript is employed because of my anthropologic interest towards mark making. I’m fascinated by handwriting, children’s scribbles and telephone doodles. I strive to maintain this kind of spontaneity in my own work. The notes become a sort of homage or reference to this. Collecting ephemera and using collage is an important part of my creative process and sound often provides the starting point for my drawing.

I like to translate drawing into 3d structures, as in ‘Mrs M.E. Herron’s Lantern’. I doubt I could have conceived this sculpture without having produced the drawings first and I’m fascinated by the symbiosis between 2d and 3d dialogues.