Nina Rizzo Artist's Statement

Inspired by how natural structures divide and create space, these paintings are an investigation of the intersection between representation and abstraction, image and physical reality. Gestural marks are the building blocks of the forms, constructing image from movements. They are open and fluid, at once adhering to spatial illusion and falling back to material presence. At once static and mobile, the work refers to the fluidity of our experience of place, as transformed by time and perception.