Thursday, March 29, 2007

Night Water



Night Water is one among a large group of paintings the artist has made about aquatic and garden themes. Night is the realm of dreams, and one of the birds has its head leaning upon its back as it sleeps beneath a full moon. Another bird swims in the dark waves. In the center of the picture flowers float in boxes that occupy an emotional and decorative rather than logical space. A transparent grid hovers over one section of the canvas and a decorative flower pattern over another. At the top left a border from an illuminated manuscript enters like a strange, tropical dream plant.

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