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othertimesI replacedthemwithnew
figuresorobjects.Forexample,from
thebeginning,I’dbuiltthecomposi-
tionwitha strongupwarddiagonal
fromthelowerleftuptotheupper
right,culminatingwiththebride.
I thenworkedtocounterthismove-
mentbyaddingmoreweighttothe
leftsideofthepainting.First,I tried
toaddmorecontrasttothepattern
andshapesontheleft,but—asthe
paintingwasnearingcompletion—
I addedthegirlcuttingthecake(see
finishedpaintingonthenextpages).

A VIEWOFTHEPROCESS
Earlierstatesofthepaintingremained
visibleasI workedthroughthese
paintingproblems,andtheaccumula-
tionofchangeslefta crustyand
complicatedsurface.I likethatthere’s
a recordoftheprocessthatwentinto
makingthepaintingthatremains
presentonitssurface.I’velearnedthat
thediscoveriesthathappenovertime
aremoreinterestingtomethanany
imageI couldhavepreconceivedand
executed.Thepaintingbecomesas
mucha recordofmyowninvestiga-
tionsasit isa finishedproduct.

Zoey Frank, of Ft. Collins, Colo., earned
an MFA from Laguna College of Art and
Design. Her work is represented by
Danese/Corey Gallery in New York City
andGalerieMokuminAmsterdam.

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Wedding in progress, 1

Wedding in progress, 2

Wedding in progress, 3

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Turn the page to see

the fi nished work.

Wedding

oil on linen

96x140