LYNNE TOBIN
“Simplifying the drawing process to its basic elements allows a truer and more immediate expression to emerge. For me, this is when drawing becomes like poetry”.
These are the words of the American artist Lynne Tobin, who uses thread, string, and Sumi ink on elongated paper to create a freer way of drawing a line.
It’s interesting to observe the impact of gravity-how things hang in space-and the tension between something fixed and something falling
According to Tobin, working with these simple materials on paper is a meditation. The tactile surfaces and repeating linear references invite the viewer into an internal space and quiet realm.