::Claudia McGill, Wyncote, PA::
One thing I love about Claudia's work—aside from the fact that it is so luminously beautiful—is that it is so uniquely and distinctively her own. That is not to say that I don't see echoes, intentional or not, between her work and the work of other artists, but that she gives the impression of having worked through whatever has influenced her to create an entirely new visual language.
Her hand-folded and hand-painted envelope is a mini-masterpiece, with its bold gestural marks and brilliant use of white space. The overall effect is light and airy, reminiscent, to me, of Motherwell, but with a lighter, more colorful touch.
The three artist trading cards are further evidence of Claudia's mastery of small spaces. Each card manages to become it's own complete world in miniature. The card at the top left, with it's figurative cut-out, reminds me of Matisse. The other two bear traces of cubism, but reinterpreted into a brighter, more suggestively abstract and visually appealing form than I usually associate with traditional cubism.
I should admit that I've taken liberty with the card at the bottom. Claudia indicates that it should be shown opposite to the way I've shown it. I know it's rather an inexcusable thing to do, but I hope I'll be excused. I find the piece so much more personally suggestive this way.
Filled with color, light, and lightness, with its varied repetition of circle-motifs and dancing figurative abstractions, Claudia's work has a healing quality and a sense of calm that is zen-like. It invites you into its small charmed spaces of peaceful. It's a good place to be! Thank you Claudia!
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