Chord printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g Working not from a precise

Working not from a precise recollection of forms

They are based on existing things: another artist's iconic works

and Willem de Kooning

mathematics and geometry

informed by her memories of personal encounters with nature

Chord printed on Canson Platinè fiber Rag 310g Working not from a preciseUchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the next while the paint dries on the last. To begin each work, she waits to see a hue on the blank surface. Each additional hue builds off of that original vision, building towards a linear horizontal pattern. Each layer possesses unique physical and material properties: some are opaque; others are translucent; some are