2017
Ink and pencil on paper
52 x 40 inches
I make mixed media drawings and collages with materials including glass, paper, pens, and pencils. Although some of my imagery is totally abstract, my subject matter typically addresses current events and my personal history. In my newest series, I use colored pencil to layer streams of handwritten text across the paper, and then I contour the sentences with ink. This process disables the viewer’s ability to read the text. Instead the audience is presented with a thick web of gestural marks that only hint at narrative. The text itself is developed in a manner similar to writing in a journal—it is stream of consciousness writing that continues until the image is complete. With this process, I am trying to visualize a sense of overwhelm, frustration, or tension, while simultaneously evoking contemporary issues related to censorship, transparency, memory, and record-keeping.
http://www.marynegro.com/
2018
Ink, pencil and graphite on paper
52 x 40 inches
2014
Mixed media on panel
10 x 5 inches
2014
Mixed Media, Sharpie, and gouache on panel
11.5 x 5 inches
2014
Newspaper, Sharpie, and gouache on panel
11.5 x 5 inches