Nancy White painted six geometric shapes in a range of soft colors and affixed them to three walls in the Jancar Jones Gallery. At first glance they looked deceivingly light. They floated as a paper construction might, but upon closer inspection, I realized they were made of much harder substance: steel. Accordingly, White described them as "paintings...with steel as their canvas,"1 but I saw more flirtation with sculpture here than she was probably willing to admit. Dk - Y Gr B, 2009; oil on primed steel; 5 x 5.375 x 2.125 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jancar Jones Gallery,...
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