Struggle Boxes

Acrylic, 22" x 28", 1994

The acrylic medium allows a working over to get very concise lines, edges, and spatail nuances into these variations. The curved shapes lend a feeling of freedom to an otherwise tight geometric format.




Storks

Gouache and watercolor, 11" x 15 1/2", 1994

These variations can be seen as sketches for large cut-out wall pieces, where the background yellow is the wall and the six variations are painted on shaped canvas to be hung individually.




SI and IS

Gouache 16" x 13 1/2", 1994

These are similiar to the last set of variations, being sketches for large wall pieces. The fact that the boxy shapes came to resemble the letters SI or IS, both of which have meaningful associations, is a happy accident.




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