Lisa Russell : Intonation

Dolby Chadwick Gallery is pleased to announce Intonation, an exhibition of recent art by Lisa Russell.

Russell’s paintings accomplish the monumental task of describing scenes that are subtly recognizable, flickering with the familiar, while also being wholly abstract. The artist achieves this balancing act by basing her works on objective reality—more specifically, on still lifes she sets up in her studio—in order to explore and “articulate the rhythms and harmonies present in visual phenomena.” Here, a range of rectangular shapes in delicate pastels and punchy jewel-toned colors coalesce as bodies in space, forming interlocking yet flexible arrangements. Smooth swipes of the palette knife generate tangible tension with ridges of buttery impasto, indications of brushwork, and passages of modulated color.