In a Heartbeat felt tip colored and color tape on paper where gestural curves

where gestural curves

A constant of Cantrick’s process is the transparent layering that enhances the sense of a shallow space that is meant to be simultaneously receding and advancing

On a sheet of gessoed paper

performative gestures

In a Heartbeat felt tip colored and color tape on paper where gestural curvesShe layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surface. An interplay of complementary colors creates a sense of push pull, endowing her compositions with nuanced luminosity. Scraping and scumbling the layers of paint, Berger gives her paintings a textured, painterly, material presence.