Aidan Koch uses a unique way of see­ing to influ­ence and cre­ate work that is both mul­ti­di­men­sional and heavy with mood.

I’ve included a hand­ful of Aidan’s draw­ings, which range from fully com­posed works to more abstracted mark-making. I tend to pre­fer the lat­ter, with its unbri­dled expres­sion and heavy hand. It seems a bit more spon­ta­neous, less cal­cu­lated and really beautiful.

Present in most of Aidan’s work is the idea of a fan­tasy or escapism. Blank space is often the result of sub­tracted ele­ments of her draw­ings, keep­ing us in the dark about the work as a whole. It leaves us won­der­ing what the whole story really is, and to appre­ci­ate of the fleet­ing nature of a mood, mem­ory, or place.

All images via her web­site.











An instal­la­tion done by Aidan. I love how her 2D trans­lates into 3D. This is titled, Rain­bow Sta­lag­mites in the Wild.