keith yurdana | pollen of thought: noemagen #11 | 2025 | graphite, tea, acrylic ink on wood board | 15 5/8" x 16"
 
Keith Yurdana - Artist statement:
Art is a way for me to explore the interconnection between all things.
Drawing is the work I do to describe this interrelationship. I often blend species and other elements found in nature to visually express the confluence of all things.
For me, time in nature nurtures a seed of awareness.
My observations germinate thoughts that sprout understandings and grow into graphite gestures made by hands.
Spontaneous marks that begin a drawing on paper or wood panel create layers of tangled lines like forest brambles I can peer into. In time, looking helps me excavate this thicket of strokes and discover hidden forms lingering within.
With fine lines shapes are slowly revealed, as one patiently exposes a woodland bird hiding in the brush by tracing its song back to source.
My drawing pursues a source hidden in the wilds of lines. I search for a “visual melody” flowing and felt between space and drawn mark.
Renderings grown from a raw calligraphy that represents and reveres the flow of energy and elements woven by nature.
Art practiced, as if it lives somewhere between a sacred act and a scientific discovery.