Resonance — Laura Josephine Snyder

Resonance

September 6 - October 25, 2024

Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

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Through our senses our bodies, like instruments, can resonate with our surroundings and with the natural world. We recognize the scent of rain falling on dry ground and give it a name, petrichor, a mixture of chemicals, bacteria, and volatile oils released by plants. We have evolved to recognize and even delight in the scent and the promise it offers. We may breathe in deeply, our shoulders may relax, we may look to the sky.

In this body of work, comprised of paintings and works on paper, visual resonance is coaxed out of form and pictorial space.

Fields of lines in watercolor flowing and snaking through a grid drawn on a gesso surface or smooth paper are punctuated by still points, which hold the pictorial space and provide anchors for rapt attention. Colors in the works sing in harmony or in tension, while positive and negative space vacillate in the picture plane, much like a jump rope whose rhythm we must feel in our bodies before we jump in.

Visually speaking, resonance is composed of waves that are symmetrical and balanced, is about matching and fitting, and is a precise thing that naturally occurs all the time, like magnetism.

Frequency, I

Anchor in green

Soft song, high notes

To the Sea ( the diver's legs)

Watching Snakes (after Jorie Graham)

Resonance in Blue

Frequency, I

Frequency, I, 2024, watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 22 × 11 in.

Resonance, II

Resonance, II, 2024, watercolor, gouache and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

Frequency, III

Frequency, III, 2024, watercolor and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

Frequency, IV

Frequency, IV, 2024, watercolor and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

Frequency, V

Frequency, V, 2024, watercolor and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

Frequency, VI

Frequency, VI, 2024, watercolor and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

Frequency, VII

Frequency, VII, 2024, watercolor and graphite on cotton paper, 22 × 11 in.

At first light

At first light, 2024, egg tempera on cradled panel, 12 x 9 in.,

Edge of sight

Edge of sight, 2024, egg tempera on cradled panel, 12 × 9 in.

Stillness

Stillness, 2024, egg tempera on cradled panel, 12 × 9 in.

Anchor in green

Anchor in green, 2024, egg tempera, watercolor, and varnish on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Nightswim

Nightswim, 2024, watercolor, graphite and beeswax on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Soft song, high notes

Soft song, high notes, 2024, egg tempera and watercolor on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Groundswell

Groundswell, 2024, watercolor, graphite and beeswax on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Weather Eye

Weather eye, 2024, watercolor, graphite and wax medium on cradled panel, 40 x 30 in.

To the Sea ( the diver's legs)

To the Sea (the diver’s legs), 2024, egg tempera, watercolor, and varnish on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Watching Snakes (after Jorie Graham)

Watching Snakes (after Jorie Graham), 2024, egg tempera and watercolor on cradled panel, 40 × 30 in.

Bloom

Bloom, 2024, egg tempera, graphite and acrylic on cradled panel, 14 × 11 in.

Summer Vessel

Summer Vessel, 2024, egg tempera, graphite and acrylic on cradled panel, 14 × 11 in.

Resonance in Blue

Resonance in Blue, 2024, watercolor, colored pencil and bees wax on cradled panel, 24 × 18 in.

Resonance

Resonance, 2024, egg Tempera, watercolor and varnish on cradled panel, 24 × 18 in.