Brenda Draney, “Aim Is Important”, 2009. Oil on canvas, 4 x 4 feet.

We asked Ben Reeves to write a short monograph essay on Brenda Draney’s painting for her upcoming show at Latitude 53:

Over the past few years Draney has been ridding her pictures of anything non-essential. She discarded source photographs as their visual authority was overwriting her memory and unduly governing her decisions. And gaps started to appear in her pictures. The blank canvas asserted itself as depictions became fragmented and stranded on raw canvas like beached boats at low tide. The interplay of blank, minimal canvas and isolated, representational fragment became key in her practice.

Read the essay here. Her show opens at Latitude 53 next week on Friday March 5th, at 8:00 PM, alongside Patrick J. Reed’s Wadcutter.