In this episode of Art Wank, Inga Dalrymple talks about painting as a process of thinking, the role of gesture and memory and how abstraction can give form to experiences that are difficult to define.
Inga Dalrymple is a visual artist whose practice explores painting and drawing as a dialogue between material, gesture and perception. Working between abstraction and observation, she is interested in how paint can hold traces of movement, memory and experience. Inspired by nature and the feelings it can evoke, Inga works through processes of layering, erasing and reworking. These actions become a record of time and thought, revealing decisions and changes made during the making of a work. Gesture sits at the centre of her practice. For Inga Dalrymple, each mark carries memory, emotion and a sense of place, while also acting as a way of thinking through painting. Forms appear and disappear, allowing the surface to guide the work as it develops.
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July 1, 2026
