Sperone Westwater is pleased to present Radiant Spectrum, Amy Lincoln’s new collection of 12 paintings, her 2nd solo clearly show at the gallery. These massive-scale seascapes and landscapes reference atmospheric elements—air, water, mild and clouds—and engage concepts of mild reflection and refraction. Doing work in a much more expansive structure, Lincoln carries on her exploration of the cosmos.
Lincoln handles every of her wooden panels with acrylic paint in gradations of hues from light to dark to produce a exact viewpoint and suggest the illusion of room. Sunshine and Moon Spectrum, the centerpiece of the exhibition, steps above 11 ft extensive, her major seascape to day. “This painting moves sequentially by way of the shades of rainbow, setting up at yellow, then to orange, crimson, magenta, purple and blue,” suggests Lincoln. “Bands of coloration progress from and divide the two glowing orbs of sun and moon, shifting from light to darkish and again to mild all over again, though also transferring from warm to great hues.” The visible conceit of moving by a color spectrum references Ellsworth Kelly’s operate, a nod to the minimal abstraction that has influenced her current apply.
In this new sequence, Lincoln also makes use of as topic make any difference botanical and forest imagery (for illustration, Radiant Sunlight with Trees (Yellow, Pink, Inexperienced), 2022). Like the waves in the seascape paintings, the fir and gingko trees repeated during the foreground and qualifications provide to improve depth and perspective. “This generates an overall simplicity and concentration on color, sample and house,” says Lincoln. “I also didn’t want to be far too dependent on the seascape imagery as a formula. I required to utilize the creative approach to shade I experienced realized in earning the seascapes to a unique set of imagery.”
