Sydney Licht: Getting Warmer

 “I strive to create lush and varied surfaces in my paintings by using a palette knife loaded with copious amounts of paint. Depending on the particulars of each composition, the color of the space between objects can simultaneously define those elements, but also defy their very definition by stubbornly popping out at the viewer instead of receding into space. 

More than ever, I am interested in how the color of empty space can influence the humble items being portrayed on a two-dimensional surface. Consistent throughout, is my goal to push the limits of what a still life can be by questioning the boundaries between abstraction and figuration." – Sydney Licht