Marsha Solomon
From Rhythm To Form
Date : March 12 - April 01, 2015
Opening Reception: March 12, 2015 at 6:00 - 8:00pm
Chelsea, New York
In her series, "From Rhythm to Form," Marsha Solomon creates lyrical abstractions in which she infuses
her canvases with color and texture, but also with a sense of harmony and repose. Solomon’s large,
color-field abstractions are inspired by the early abstract expressionists. Her work has been likened to
Helen Frankenthaler’s while also displaying echoes of the bold brushwork of Motherwell and the saturated
tonality of Morris Louis. Yet, Solomon, while gently referencing that era, uses her own intense colors and
signature brushwork to present a fresh, innovative vision and bold statements about the fundamental forms
of art—color and line, composition and space.
Solomon's approach to painting is unique. She often treats her canvases as though they were paper and
her paper as though it were canvas. She applies paint to raw canvas allowing it to infuse the fibers like
watercolor would, and she adds boldly drawn lines on her paintings. In contrast, Solomon's watercolors
and acrylics on paper show the same bravura in the way she works the pigments as do her paintings.
Each possesses the artist's distinctive strength and flexibility. She communicates through color, and
all it can evoke, and line, with all the strength and subtlety it can express. Solomon's paintings capture
the poetry of the soul and invite meditation and reflection.
| "Sonata with the Sun Setting"
42" x 50" Acrylic on canvas 2014 |
| "Dreams Before Sunrise"
42" x 50" Acrylic on canvas 2014
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| "Nocturne"
42" x 50" Acrylic on canvas 2014
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