Sydney Yeager

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Swirls of color that record the gestural activity of an artist who's cut loose from the grid. There seems to be a restrained exuberance in the work of Texas artist Sydney Philen Yeager. And there's definitely a lot more flow to her recent work that those, pre 2000. It's always interesting to see where an artist has "come from" in their oeuvre. Some artists make radical changes and drop back and put, while other slowly hone their skills. This is another great example of an artist finding a very particular niche and then letting her work evolve. You can read her Statement here, but for me it doesn't do much to fully explain all the arm-swinging gestural activity going on here. There are plenty of images of her paintings out there and a whole lot are the large open swirls, while others are smaller and more controlled. And still others are akin to colorful renditions of chop suey and then a few are more rigid brush strokes that still convey the feeling of motion.

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The installation shot is of the Exhibit - Pleats and Volutes, April 2006 at the Holly Johnson Gallery. The image is from their Website where you'll find 6 more photos. They also have several pages of examples of her work and you'll see what I mean about the variations.

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The top, right painting - "Flux Loops" 2003, is from the McMurtrey Gallery.

And they have 7 other examples of her work here.

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The bottom image - "Parchment Circle" is from the dberman Gallery. (click on the painting and see 8 examples of her work) See her Resume, Statement and more work here. And there's 13 paintings from the Particles Of Order Show in 2004 at dberman Gallery.