Isabel Bigelow "Two Roads"

Sears-Peyton Gallery

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Finding fertile ground in the space between abstraction and representation, Bigelow closes in on familiar elements. Trees, fences, islands and forests disappear or come sharply into view as they vie for attention with the surrounding atmosphere. Reluctant to choose a single approach to her subject, the artist visits each “place” with a particular poetic vision. Two Roads depicts monolithic chunks of land populated by towering umber pines. Two roads, perhaps waterways, carve out a central island in the center. As in her paintings of rocks/islands the ambiguities of place and scale echo the function of the Zen rock garden. There, as in the painting, the viewer’s experience is in the perception, not in the narration. Likewise, within the saturated colors of Red Tree, authority resides neither with the “tree” nor with the space around the tree.


The material evolution of the works is essential to their realization. The surface of the panel is slowly built up to provide a textural support for thin veils of color applied in layers. Each layer is restrained yet sumptuous, softly mingling with the layer underneath lending a diaphanous effect to the atmosphere of the painting.

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from February 24, 2011 to April 02, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-02-24 from 17:00 to 19:00

Artist(s)

Isabel Bigelow

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