118.2 Gianfranco Pezzot the Metropolitan Museum of Art

the Metropolitan Museum of Art

doubt and exhaustion set It and more and more birds give up the quest

Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form

16” x  20” matted

and gouache

118.2 Gianfranco Pezzot the Metropolitan Museum of ArtWorking on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a method to work on ideas for paintings as well as an expansive and enjoyable way to explore various media and mark making.