website Closet of Dreams II

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Comment by Resident Curator on July 13, 2014 at 7:04pm

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Closet of Dreams (II) strikes me as the kind of piece that works magic on the commonplace.  The simple free standing closet structures don’t suggest much of a personal history or architectural presence without the illuminating color and value contrasts. The high chroma pink light spilling out from the open doors onto the pale floor evokes a supernatural occurrence, if not a formal stretch into the impossible. I appreciate viewing the subjects from different and dramatic vantage points in your other pastel drawings.  The strong diagonals move through the picture plane and create interesting intersections of line and tone. There is also mystery to the piece with the aerial view (III), as it offers the viewer an even broader expanse of the space without relinquishing much more information or context into a rather plain industrial environment.