20" x 20", oil on canvas, 1999
"Pirouette" expands the self-containment, opens it larger until the colors in the center dominates the background--we are closer in, or it is upon us. Still it soothes with its symmetry, its meditative patterning, and the beautiful tissue layers of undulative paint. Part mandala, part spin art--it evokes spin art made from insect wings; a Rorschach blotter for an ecstasy clinic.
Dana Spiotta
Author of
The Lightning Field
email Carla Aurich