Sophia Belkin’s lush and verdant paintings implore the viewer to look closely at the artist’s material exploration and references to nature that are direct and abstract.  Collaged from fabric that is stained, dyed and digitally printed, the various components of the paintings are joined with embroidered seams that mimic the veining on the underside of […]

Painters intuitively start with ideas about color. Less obvious and equally as important are the various reductive or additive strategies the artists apply. No prior subject is referenced, no personal content shared, and there is nothing to interpret, only the painting's physical presence exists. Each artist develops a unique method for the creation of works […]

Like the imaginary maps at the beginning of fantasy novels, Amy Schissel’s world building is vast. Wherever one’s eyes wander, they wander in wonder, resting upon a detail that instantly leads into luminous, ever-expanding, continuous, and promising space. The large-scale drawings combine traditional cartography, illustrated topographical mountains, and cyber mapping systems to create vigorous artworks […]