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windows into another world of distant painterly forms. The paintings explore the relationship between those implied windows and what is behind them. Although many of the earlier issues are also included in these paintings they also differ in becoming more reductive as to form and color |
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One painting that can be seen as a bridge between the differing approaches is �Some Enchanted Evening�. Here the overlaid grid appears though not so comprehensively. The white forms are focused but those farther behind begin to soften |
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Some Enchanted Evening, 1988, oil on canvas, 85 x 100 in |
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and recede deep into the ground even as they define it. This piece, as well as most of the work from this period, has a curious esthetic that recalls design images from the 60s. At the same time there is an implied sense of motion in which the forms seem to be floating back and forth. |
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Stewart�s last paintings began to introduce text as another element in combination with his signature rectangles and circles. The text reads both visually and literary and the combination of the two is visual lyricism. This is not an easy thing to pull off because often times adding text serves to distract from the purely visual elements. But in these pieces the balance is perfect and the result is poetic. Even more than his earlier work these later pieces express Stewart�s characteristic wryness combined with his serious devotion to painting. |
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