Charlotte Keates

´´My ritual drawings are a mix of sizes, that aren’t sketches or plans for something bigger. Their reason and meaning are not a mean to an end. 

The colour choice is instinctive and spontaneous and playful. It is not overly predetermined, they are more fun and enjoyable than anything- a light relief in terms of process. I think they are perhaps like a release of sorts, a sense of movement and excitement. Like journaling or pouring out ideas in words, but in visuals. They sometimes speak to one another and build a narrative, and sometimes stand alone.. disconnected. 

These rituals have begun to take on their own story, their own identity. They are more than a sketch or a notion - they are a feeling of thoughts and memories on a deeper level. I don’t plan these drawings, they happen so intuitively and instinctively that they feel an extension of my brain or consciousness... almost an ‘internal landscape’ of sorts. 

The very large ritual drawing below with me pictured working on it is 2 metres in height !! X 140cm width. ´´- Charlotte Keates

All works are going to be a part of her solo show in NYC later this year with Arusha Gallery:

https://www.arushagallery.com/artists/36-charlotte-keates/works/