In the Air mixed media on canvas as stand-ins for paintings

as stand-ins for paintings

The pieces from the series may come as quite a shock to people who have always viewed Langley's work as being exclusively hard edged

He begins by forming abstract shapes out of found materials such as sail

Often subject matter leaks into a work without her actually putting it in

His work extends a line of visual reasoning that is based on geometry

In the Air mixed media on canvas as stand-ins for paintingsFor Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coalesce into a structure, a loose grid. She works with oil and her application of layers is wet on wet which can require a certain amount of speed. Anne Russinof is inspired by things she sees: a visceral reaction to manifest a feeling physically through paint. That initial visual stimulus is often related to color.