Shadow Boxer (C.1) Debra Ramsay covered over

covered over

Ramsay’s process engages a systematic

gestural marks

the colors were collected from an apple hanging in the sun

Knaut builds her compositions slowly over time

Shadow Boxer (C.1) Debra Ramsay covered overThe Shadow Boxer and skipstep paintings grow out of an interest in the paradox of spatial comprehension found in abstract painting. As with the shadow boxing practice in which the athlete spars with his or her own shadow, Bolt finds that the illusory qualities of abstract composition initiate a similar exercise of perception and expectation. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between