Washes: Close at Hand (2005)



Close at Hand starts with a vertical focus. Two nine foot, "wavy," purple columns bracket the canvas. Then color shimmers are blocked in. A number of black and grey "prints" add a foreboding feeling.

They are followed by diagonal sheer lines which diffuses the viewer's focus.

Reversing mountains of "V"s center the painting. Above, a cloudy mist soften the jagged peaks.





Close at Hand (2005)

"..as if stricken, beneath a ranistorm inside a forest of trees. Falling forward - clutching for the wet leaves, she felt nothing within the grasp of her fingers. Lost to gravity, slowly fading from..."