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Lost Light, 2019
acrylic on cotton with fish hooks and thread
16x23 inches
By BURNAWAY:
In the past, Escobar’s paintings have been dominated by layered images of chains, leaves, and grass, often rendered in a black-and-white palette using airbrush techniques. In the recently completed painting Lost Light, Escobar takes on another color—blue. She has cited the following passage from Rebecca Solnit’s 2005 book A Field Guide to Getting Lost as a reference for Lost Light: “The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. The blue is the light that got lost.”
Natalie Escobar lives and works in Atlanta. She received her BFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013. She was a Hambidge resident in 2014 and 2016, as well as a MINT Leap Year Fellow in 2016. Her first solo exhibition, Falling Stranger, was presented by MINT in 2016, and her work will be featured in a group show at Atlanta artist-run gallery Camayuhs in May. Her paintings were also included in New American Paintings, Issue 130.
