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The paintings use bright colors presented in nations; others use patterns and/or geometry to
shapes that are geometric, linear and hard-edged. create optical illusions. Exploring color relations-
The works emphasize the flatness of the canvas hips using a hard-edge format of stripes creates
which is what the paintings are literally about. order while the colors are arranged to make
The integration of shapes, through overlapping something akin to harmonic transitions. Changes
or interpenetrations blurs spacial distinctions, so in width and spatial distance between colors
that the sense of the image versus the background creates rhythms that establishes each painting’s
becomes ambiguous making the shapes seem to visual “sound”, just as Jazz music is composed of
both advance and recede from surrounding colors. patterns in sound. The work encourages the viewer
Some explore optical effects using color combi- to experience the “sounds” of color as a thing.

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Broadway BooGie wooGie, 2013 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 36x36 IN. | 91.5x91.5 CM.
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