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shows. Using out-of-this-world colors — a peony pink sky, turquoise lake, cobalt blue grass and orange yellow light, June creates a perfectly believable landscape. The Hat planes of color work to create an illusion of space. The si louettes of trees, some of which have unnaturally curved branches, all work together to visually say “three.” The color, composition
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and fascinating shapes all come together to form a brilliant and intriguing painting.
Included in this show are many small pastel figure studies and intimate portraits. The figure drawings are all very fine and exhibit June’s ability to draw using line to describe form and proportion. My favorite of these is a tiny pastel entitled “Dog and Figure.” Take a look at how sparingly June has used slashes of tan and white pastel with an overlay of expressive black line to describe the recumbent body of the dog. The technique brings to mind the simplicity of oriental poetry and painting.
The cool and restrained portrait “Sharon” is a sensitive and careful rendering of the human face and hands. It has a solidity that I find missing in some of the other pastel portraits. “Nancy” for instance, seems vague and uncertain. I don’t come away from that drawing with any sense that Nancy is a real person.
“Patchwork,” another strong painting that I was immediately drawn to, has a Matisse-like blending of bold patterns and flat colors. Although I admire the painting overall, I found the muddy shadows of the model’s face unappealing — too black-too dark. It robbed the face of its life and becomes dark, inappropriate paint.
Please take a moment to visit the gallery and view June’s work. Your
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