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<\/a><\/p>\nInstallation view of Kathryn Bemrose,\u00a0A Manner of Speaking<\/em> at Yumart, 2017. Photo: Summer Sun<\/p>\n Bemrose says that her works are not about emotions, emotions just come into the picture with the creation. China Doll<\/em> is the only exception. She once watched a documentary about animal fur production in China and the scene of ripping fur o\ufb00 a live animal has stayed with her for a very long time – so she painted that moment. Without her explanation, I could not have guessed the story. After Bemrose realized how much people liked the painting because of its colors, she said, it still kept its political message, but only for her.<\/p>\n Kathryn Bemrose, China Doll,\u00a02017 oil on panel, 32 x 26 in. Courtesy of Yumart<\/p>\n On one of the larger pieces, titled Promise<\/em>, hues of light blue and stronger yellow are moving in all directions, creating spatial depth with colors. It is a very warm piece to look at, also a beautiful one that complement the other, more darker ones, with the lightness radiating from it. The artist said that she likes the way the show is curated since it balances the darker and lighter paintings very well.<\/p>\n Kathryn Bemrose, Promise,\u00a02014 oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in.\u00a0Courtesy of Yumart<\/p>\n The smaller purple, orange and blue paintings in the corner of the gallery are separate pieces and as Bemrose said, each piece has its own voice. Yet, to me, they look surprisingly well when placed next to each other. It seems as if the artist has purposely chosen complementary colors to form a series. As she said, she never paints with a plan, the colors just happen. Since her thinking is never linear, she wouldn’t be able to tell how a painting would look when finished. The result sometimes is surprising even for her. The colors she uses are often very distinctive, and she leaves white spaces in between them that allows her to create a line without actually drawing a line.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n