The artworks of José Heerkens revolve around the essence of color. With precision, she arranges perfectly coordinated hues along lines and in grids on her canvases. Often, Heerkens leaves a portion of the linen blank, allowing the painting to remain “open enough to enter,” as she puts it. One can almost step into the painting by “walking” with their eyes over the canvas, following the shifting color blocks, the rhythm of lines, the denseness of the paint layer, and the interruptions in the brushstrokes.
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