22”x30”;
Acrylic on paper;
2025
My work explores the idea of the “desire path”— informal trails formed by repeated use, shaped, not by design, but by instinct. I am drawn to these lines as quiet evidence of choice, resistance, and the deeply human urge to move intuitively through space and time. I work primarily with watercolor and acrylic on paper to create curved, intersecting lines that wander, loop, and cross. These marks are improvised to reflect a process of searching and following my own instinct as an artist.
The desire path also serves as a metaphor for choosing a creative life—stepping off a safe and expected route, and following an inner pull that’s personal, persistent, and often unpredictable.
Memory is a key thread in my work, tied deeply to my mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Just as desire paths form through repeated gestures, my paintings trace the accumulation of thought, feeling, and experience. The lines carry a sense of return and revision, mirroring the way memory loops and shifts.
-Ash Lorusso @ash_lorusso
22”x30”;
Acrylic on paper;
2025
My work explores the idea of the “desire path”— informal trails formed by repeated use, shaped, not by design, but by instinct. I am drawn to these lines as quiet evidence of choice, resistance, and the deeply human urge to move intuitively through space and time. I work primarily with watercolor and acrylic on paper to create curved, intersecting lines that wander, loop, and cross. These marks are improvised to reflect a process of searching and following my own instinct as an artist.
The desire path also serves as a metaphor for choosing a creative life—stepping off a safe and expected route, and following an inner pull that’s personal, persistent, and often unpredictable.
Memory is a key thread in my work, tied deeply to my mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Just as desire paths form through repeated gestures, my paintings trace the accumulation of thought, feeling, and experience. The lines carry a sense of return and revision, mirroring the way memory loops and shifts.
-Ash Lorusso @ash_lorusso
