The group
show Efflorescence, containing the works of four brilliant artists (Alexi Torres, Ellen de Meijer, Gavin Rain and Zhuang Hong Yi), all range in style — from pointillism to non-objective, three - dimensional wall pieces — but share the use of high chromatic, vibrant, energetic hues.
The 1990s through the present has witnessed the continued
efflorescence in painting, as demonstrated in this
show by works such as Judith Godwin's Blue, No. 11 (1997), a lyrical expression of mixed emotion, Jasmina Danowski's Tender Trap (2012), in which the artist conveys a sense of moving through an aquatic and sensuous world, Carol Hunt's Easter Morning (2011), featuring a calligraphy of line and shape that conjures archetypal signs and symbols, Katherine Parker's Behind and Above (2011), a canvas built of thin layers of paint that the artist has scraped away to convey a metaphysical awareness of the passage of time, and Susan Vecsey's Napeague Bay, Montauk (2012), in which the subtle color stained into the canvas evokes the emotion of a place remembered and deeply felt.