Rina
Gottesman
mixed media
Possibilites takes the viewer on a journey through imagined pathways, doorways and thresholds. Which direction the viewer chooses to explore the painting will depend on their own experiences and their own viewpoint, but the possibilities are endless. www.rinagottesman.com
40 x30
This abstract work is eye-catching from a distance and then rewards the viewer who looks more closely. Gottesman uses white to create a focal point that is almost architectural, like a tower rising towards the top of the painting. Varied mark-making – scribbles, stencils, script – convey a sense of energy and of a process of layering. Choosing two dominant colours, blue and white, prevents the painting from becoming chaotic, while small touches of colour create interest across the surface, and black accents ground the composition.
2nd Place