Coming soon... These painting bare a strong link to the great innovating generation of Pollock, Rothko and, of course, Morris Louis. There is a great deal of emphasis on optical dynamics which release new energies or confirm them. The pigment is thick on prepared canvas to form overlapped color constellations reminiscent of Louis and Action Painting. But in Carrig's work, the heavy consistency of paint layers and the transparency of his color stripes, their slowed velocities and uncertain flow is influenced, not by natural process, but by the expressive inflection of the...more
