If you went to the Canvas\u2019 May show, you likely remember Grace Coenraad\u2019s minimalist, dense works of art, full of shading and detail, sometimes overlaying multiple mediums \u2014 graphite, ink, markers. Some of them include bursts of bright color; others are dark, mostly black, with bits of green or blue emerging only subtly.<\/p>\n
Coenraad used acrylic paint for a while, but markers are now her favorite medium, said Colleen James, staff manager and service coordinator for REACH at The Canvas. James has worked with Coenraad since she first started making art at The Canvas.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe starts out with one medium and kind of adds layers as she goes,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
A year and a half or so ago, James said, Coenraad drew and painted figures from images in books.<\/p>\n
Now, her pieces are abstract \u2014 and she likes them big. A really big one can take up to six months to complete, James said. That much work means she needs a very thick piece of paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have figured out this is Grace\u2019s medium. She really enjoys it. She\u2019s very focused,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
Coenraad comes to the Canvas four days a week for three hours each day. Drawing, she said, makes her feel happy.<\/p>\n
Over the time Coenraad has been at The Canvas, she\u2019s become more independent in her choices, James said. \u201cBefore, we were giving her choices. Now she goes to the cabinet and gets it (whatever color she wants) herself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important for (Canvas artists) to have somewhere to go where they can make their own choices,\u201d James added. \u201cIt makes it more joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the blog \u201cDisparate Minds,\u201d artists Tim Ortiz and Andreana Donahue, 2015 visiting artists at The Canvas, call Coenraad\u2019s work \u201cthe product of a measured and slow process, executed with extreme diligence\u201d and compare her work to artist Richard Serra\u2019s drawings.<\/p>\n
Coenraad has displayed her work with other Canvas artists and has also had a solo show. Her work is also uploaded to the Canvas\u2019 website and is available at https:\/\/canvasarts.org\/item\/grace-coenraad\/.<\/p>\n
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