She teases the viewer with the promise of
illusionistic painterly space and then she catapults her canvas into the void, forcing it to exist in real time, building little fortresses, and firing cannons in its general direction.
Maine's use of carefully chosen pre-existing materials deployed in the «real»
space found just in front of the supporting wall sculpturally counters the
illusionistic tendencies of painting while clearly echoing
painterly concerns with color and structural relationships.