Laura Watt’s newest series of paintings are presented in her second solo exhibition, Horizon Event, at David Richard Gallery. There are several common threads that tie the series together and create a dialogue between pairs of paintings. First, the compositions are created by a layering of lines containing lozenge shapes (a recurring shape for the artist) with dynamic colors and juxtapositions to create geometric vectors or swirling spirals. Second, each painting has a literal or implied horizon line that immediately evokes landscapes, despite the preponderance of paintings in the vertical orientation. Three of the artworks are vertical diptychs with one panel over the other, thus creating the literal horizon line. There are also two very long horizontal paintings, each a triptych.

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