A Living Legend
Abstraction can push a familiar scene to the limit of recognizability. Liz Gribin takes similar liberties with the human figure and it’s surroundings in her canvas, ‘Noblesse Oblige,’ which took one of the (Heckscher Museum) show’s top prizes.
“It’s not so much reproducing what I see,” Gribin said, explaining her painting style. “It’s the body language or the gesture of the model that I’m trying to capture.”
She creates a poetic atmosphere and a sensitive and refreshing rendering of the figure which is rare today.
Abstraction can push a familiar scene to the limit of recognizability.