Amazonian Antics

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Comment by Resident Curator on December 24, 2019 at 9:20am

Curator’s Comments:

 

The playful title Amazonian Antics fits this spirited piece, with its wild twisting of black snake-like forms against a pink, yellow and green background. It’s also interesting to see the noted media as acrylic, as I would have assumed the image was a monoprint, or clay transfer because of the graphic elements against semi-transparent pigments.  The layering of organic shapes and color create a wonderful movement within the composition, while the broader field of yellow allows for continuity and some visual rest.  Looking through your other paintings on the site, I see this work shares active use of curvilinear shapes, but this organization feels a little more erratic, or at least is balanced asymmetrically.   I appreciate this slight instability, and unexpected way in which the larger dark shapes are placed and cropped off of the edges of the right side of the picture plane.  I keep coming back to this work, and enjoy its freshness, despite it being posted several years ago. Please do share more of your work in the new year.