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• 1 2019-02-21T01:05:13-08:00 OilWorks by Kathleen Thum 30 gallery 2019-03-08T00:47:01-08:00

  In these drawings, paintings and wall installations I obsessively render a continuous line to create complex, intertwined, tubular forms. As I draw, I consider the effect of how transmitting fluids and gases, along with pressure and gravity would influence these imagined forms. The forms are layered and loosely follow aspects of linear perspective to become networks that reference the vast and intricate transportation, processing and refining systems of oil, natural gas and water as seen in our industrial landscape.
  From Kathleen Thum's website. 

  All images by the permission of the artist.

  Petrolia

  Acrylic on Laser Cut Paper
  96" x 96"
  2017

  Petroscape

  Ink and Acrylic on Hand Cut Paper
  84" x 252"
  2017

  Causation

  Graphite on Layers on Frosted Mylar
  108" x 42"
  2015

  Slope Scarp

  Ink and Graphite on Layers of Mylar
  21” x 16”
  2013

  Accumulation

  Ink and Graphite on Layers of Mylar
  21” x 16”
  2013

  Residuum

  Graphite on Layers of Frosted Mylar
  108” x 42”
  2014

  Untitled (Crude)

  Crude Oil, Recycled Motor Oil and Acrylic on Laser Cut and Hand Cut Paper
  19" x 25"
  2014

  Multilateral

  Acrylic, India Ink and Pastel on Laser Cut and Hand Cut Paper
  18" x 30"
  2014

  Offshore 2

  Ink and Acrylic on Hand Cut Paper
  108" x 180"
  2017

  Vischosis

  Gouache, Acrylic and India Ink on Laser Cut and Hand Cut Paper
  19” x 18”
  2014

  Refining

  Ink and Acrylic on Hand Cut Paper
  96" x 108"
  2016

  Dissipate

  Gouache and Graphite on Paper
  11" x 12"
  2012