Winter Paintings by Pat Steir

Steir’s newest paintings are constructed and divided simply and prepared with a dry ground. She determines and mixes the colors - thinning paint with oil - and from there begins a meditative process of pouring, dripping or splashing, patiently waiting as each paint layer reveals itself. The majority of the new works present canvases halved by painted panels of saturated, jewel-like color - glowing lapis lazuli blues, radiating golds, reds, ochres, and deep purple-blacks. The paintings’ two halves interact at the center line, sometimes merging, sometimes exposing their divide. Ephemeral, overlapping fields of paint quietly share in the mystery of their making.

                  from Cheim & Read

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