David Richard Gallery is pleased to present the gallery’s first solo exhibition for New York artist, Laura Watt. The presentation, Hide and Seek, focuses on two related series of paintings that explore geometry, but in very different ways. Both series rely on formal elements of lines and grids with centrally situated canvas-filling compositions rooted in similar concepts and inspirations. The earlier series painted in 2016, Open Ceiling, includes 6 square canvases each comprised of a rigorous grid composition evocative of Mandalas and intricate spider webs measuring 30 x 30 inches in mostly neutral palettes of black, grey, white and brown and only two canvases having the color red. The paintings in the more recent Hide series were painted from 2018 through 2021. The lines are curvilinear with a fluid and irregular grid structure that pull loosely toward the four corners of rectangular shaped canvases, evocative of large nets or animal hides. The paintings in the Hide series measure 36 x 60 inches or 44 x 70 inches and each explores a distinct and wider range of colors from bright and colorful to darker and moody.