Wave gouache on cotton canvas The gradual accumulation of pigment

The gradual accumulation of pigment conveys a visual sense of depth

elevating her work in the realms of colour

modeling paste

some are painterly

Paul Snell’s recent works lure the viewer into a meditation on image saturation

Wave gouache on cotton canvas The gradual accumulation of pigmentUchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the next while the paint dries on the last. To begin each work, she waits to see a hue on the blank surface. Each additional hue builds off of that original vision, building towards a linear horizontal pattern. Each layer possesses unique physical and material properties: some are opaque; others are translucent; some are