New Works: Robert Harms • Christine Hiebert • Jane Wilson

The Drawing Room is pleased to present new work by Robert Harms, Christine Hiebert and Jane Wilson.

In three paintings that Harms created in his pond-front Southampton studio, the shifting natural views that surround his workplace are echoed in his nuanced choices of color and calligraphic gesture. Silhouetted against the white gesso surface of the canvases, thin strokes of luminous pigment coalesce in lyrical abstractions that invite each viewer to recall palpable, spatial memories.

Christine Hiebert’s recent abstract drawings continue her exploration of the dialogue between lines of varying weights and texture in compositions suggestive of interior landscapes and evolving structures. By expanding her vocabulary of marks in charcoal and graphite to include swaths of printing ink applied with a roller, Hiebert discovers new possibilities for pushing the drama on the page with a physical presence at once vigorous and graceful.

Jane Wilson’s recent watercolors examine the atmospheric effects of weather in a medium she embraces for the spontaneity it requires. In fluid studies such as Hurricane Rising (2008), Wilson takes advantage of the watery effects of colors bleeding together as they meet to form an edge that may suggest a horizon or a bank of clouds on the move.

See below for full press release and selected works.