Riposte Greet Helsen working them over and over

working them over and over

is inspired by one of the numerous "monster-words" and neologisms invented by James Joyce in his last and famous novel "Finnegans Wake"

language affects and determines our thinking thoroughly

The process of creating these pictures is slow and deliberate

Riposte Greet Helsen working them over and overNeill creates works on canvas, linen and paper using a variety of mediums, including graphite, colored pencil, charcoal and paint. Her process involves an intuitive marking of the surface resulting in continuous, interwound lines and squiggled geometric formations. The work references many of the qualities of Lyrical Abstraction. Her process is instinctive and non representational. Margaret Neill is inspired by the fluid geometric qualities of curve