Studio Art Lecture in Contemporary Art: "Out of the Woods"
Artist Talk
Out of the Woods highlights the artist’s distinctive approach to memory, perception, and the unseen forces that shape human relationships. Draney’s paintings unfold in the tension between what is depicted and what is deliberately left blank: figures and objects appear within broad fields of untouched canvas, creating visual spaces where uncertainty, omission, and emotional residue take shape. Central to this series is the figure of the Witiko from Cree folklore—not as a distant monster, but as a metaphor for how empathy...