Valerie Jaudon, Quadrille

My work has always operated within the language and cultural context of abstraction. The goal has been to generate an open-ended system, a visual vocabulary that could recombine itself flexibly and communicate in a straightforward manner. To do this, I build complex paintings out of simple, recognizable forms–straight lines and curves, elements common to geometry, art and architecture in every culture. I feel that I can use these building blocks as a means to make structures that are flexible and abstract (even musical), yet refer to objects and relations in the real world.