Ultimately though, Ravenna Taylor gives free rein to her whimsy and visual intuition. This is the most important thing because it is what art does best - it allows us, as the viewers, to not only enjoy the esthetics of the work but also to participate in the creativity. Although the artist has one view of the work, albeit a privileged and unique view, anyone looking at these paintings
Nouns & Verbs 11, 2002, collaged drawing, 13.5 x 13 in.
is generously allowed to interpret them in any number of ways. In turn the paintings are freed of their creator to exist with their own sense of being. And that is something worth looking at.
