Willa Cosinuke’s carefully constructed paintings explore the
colliding worlds of reality and the unseen. Comprised of multiple
irregularly shaped panels, her hybrid, ever-growing canvases
contain a choreography between structure and sensation. They
have a skeletal quality with irregular, complex backs and richly
textured, energetic fronts that shimmer with vibrational marks.
Both figurative elements and expressive, ethereal mark making
converse and harmonise, stamping the immaterial into form.
Velour, canvas scraps, wood, bleached fabrics and studio debris
all combine to construct an eco-system of painterly energy that
ties together various elements of contemporary life and popular
culture. Guided by both her material and mythic, cinematic
imagery of the everyday, Cosinuke’s works project the tension
between the visible world and the unseen forces that hold it
together. ...
