Eva Lake: Take-Off
Oil on canvas, shown at Augen Gallery in August, 2006. All works 2006, 36 in square:
Warmer
Blanket
Take-Off
Early Evening
Night Ride
24 inch square, 2006:
Lavender Field
II
the
Italian
Orchid II
Deeper Dive
Take Off
My goal in painting is to create an experience as opposed to a composition. I treasure an infinite space and would like the paintings to function more like a drink or a drug or what your favorite song does to you.
The phenomena of how light moves I witnessed on a particular night jet boat ride a few years ago. There seemed to be no horizon line; the sky and water were nearly one, a dark almost black. When the boat took off the city lights gyrated manically. This was no landscape but an unforgettable experience I am now translating into paint.
Vive Chrome at Augen Gallery in April 2005.
The Richter Scale, 2007