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Lucy
Gould Reitzfeld employs the fact of nature as a bountiful resource
for the act
of painting. Her handling of nature’s values, its tints and
shades, suggests much observation and study. An array of light
conditions, degrees of cool and warm tonalities, luminous cast
shadows, multifarious cloud formations, reflections in water and
atmospheric effects, all contribute to the richness and authenticity
of Reitzfeld’s paintings. These landscapes are all the more
impressive for their evolution away from the motif; they are worked
out in the studio, from a compilation of sketches, family photographs
and pastoral recollections. Ultimately, they are a cumulative response
to a place and time, rather than an attempt at documentation or
realism.
— Robert G. Edelman <more> |