Marks Aardsma is a Denver based artist and has exhibited work across Colorado as well as the nation. She explores the ontology of painting—the nature of painting in and of itself, investigating the essential properties of painting such as color, line, rhythm, shadow and light. This investigation is done by subtracting from and deconstructing the canvas to reveal its original structure. The simplicity of the canvases highlight line, light, and shadow. Aardmsa defines her work as “pure and clean and raw. The space is physical, not illusory.” Marks transfers this practice to works on paper as well. Her labor-intensive technique favors the nuanced lines and patterns already existing in materials.
Collection of Paintings
Tony James No. 1
Truly/Rural
Wood Water Rock
Wild Mustang
Welcome to the Front Range
Wall of Words
Dynamic Wall Sculpture
Ocular series
Pure and Clean and Raw
Duologue series of small paintings
Unabridged
Two Tall Mountains and Joggers in the Park
The Blue Trees
Tail Spin
The Rope Whisperer
The Heavy is the Root of the Light
Stone Garden
Seattle Cows
Model State: A Local Cosmology
License Plates
Laughing Escalator
I See What You Mean
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Indeterminate Line
I Know You Know That I Know
Glimmer, Waggenwaybreen, and Losvik Cut
Four Floors of Murals
Forever Colliding
Don’t Hide
Doing the Denver Dance
Colorado Pioneers
Colorado Panorama: A People’s History
Boulder Creek‚ Autumn 08 #1
Big Ben
Atmosphere No. 27, 37 and 44
Ancient Colorado Paintings
1000 Prayers
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Experience the Colorado Convention Center
