Casebeer, Driving Along a Peaceful Réalité, 2017, Mixed media on shipping crate, 25x28 in.  Casebeer Before, We. When., 2017, Mixed media, 12 x 24 in. Casebeer, Bones. But what of This Krik Krik Kris Kreak?, 2017, Mixed media, 12 x 12 in. Casebeer, Slightly Used Stories Which Have Had Endings, 2017, Mixed media, 21 x 12 x 9 in. Casebeer, Trapped Greatest Because I Am Still, 2017, Mixed media, 12 x 24 in. Enough., 2017, Mixed media, 43x24 in.  Casebeer, Now a Leading Independent Research Firm Proves It, 2016, Mixed media, 48x48 in. Casebeer, Hours Overdue, Mixed media, 48x36 in. Casebeer, Drink Plenty of Water, 2017, Mixed media, 36x36 in. Casebeer, Your Deep Difficult Good, 2017, Mixed media on window panel, 15x36 in.

 

Casebeer

 

The artist Casebeer has her degree in journalism and you can certainly see the influence of writing in her work. Her mixed media paintings explore meaningful coincidence by building layers of text, as well as painted and drawn elements, photographic cutouts, and found illustrations. An image is gathered from these ambiguous and fragmentary relationships. The process of collaging, painting, drawing, editing, scratching out, adding and deconstructing, the work eventually pushes forth its own story.

Casebeer lives in Portland, Oregon after many years in Phoenix, Arizona. She lived in the Hotel Chelsea in NYC during an interesting stint that included 9/11. She was born in Spain. Her undergraduate and graduate studies shared both writing and visual art pursuits.