Chord Gudrun Mertes-Frady even when they are complete

even when they are complete they feel as though they are alive with potential

The marks coalesce into a structure

The rust and rabble of the decaying urban environment

fruit netting

Chord Gudrun Mertes-Frady even when they are completeUchiyama 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