Dream Martina Nehrling Each successive painting took on

Each successive painting took on its own identity completely apart from the source materials

energy and improvisation

This work is rooted in the human figure

yellows and blues in her palette often recall bodily fluids

The results are strong and distinctly emotive pieces that breathe and vibrate and remain open for the viewer to discover feeling and interpret meaning

Dream Martina Nehrling Each successive painting took onSpielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between them as each begins to form, then isolating a work to bring to completion. Her saturated surfaces are luminous, with alternate glossy and matte layers, but also bear rough nail marks that scar and deconstruct the work. These etched lines and marks relate to an image and idea, and are often the underlying structure, the