Pamela Dodds known as printmaker also a large-scale painter, typically using vibrant colors and a bold palette. Her subject matter has been concerned with the figure, but also with the idea of narrative. Each painting features figures frozen in a moment of interaction – an interaction that has no precedent, and no discernible conclusion, as the viewer has no access to the story the painting told.
Dodds exploits the grain of her woodblocks as an important collaborator; the surface of the wood itself plays an active compositional role in this suite of prints. Having carefully selected and marked out each plank of wood so that it featured a particularly symmetrical pattern, from the inception, these works emphasize the idea of the mirror both aesthetically and conceptually.
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