Not exact matches
[See
Images of the Purple
Ochre Sea Stars]
In the former, the central
image is rendered in
ochre against a twilight
of blues, grays and maroons that seems to caress the top
of a mountain range.
In this relatively small landscape, a compact group
of buildings
of non-descript browns and tans rest buoyantly upon a pinkish -
ochre plane extending across the
image's lowest section.
In works such as Beers in Andalusia., Palma
images the aftermath
of a small gathering, the intense red,
ochre, violet, and aqua palette mirroring the exuberance
of the artist.
While a. number
of the paintings in this show are unexceptional (such as Weekapaug or Prudhoe, with their blandly white or black central
images and tailored edging vectors in neutral shades like plum brown, subdued orange, or yellow
ochre), the series as a whole
In works, such as «
Image # 5» (2008), the gestural integration
of blue, sienna, green, and
ochre suggest a landscape, but the emphasis is entirely on the virtuosity
of the brush, the way in which the strokes are made and collide with one another.