Boo Saville’s work is known for combining both abstraction and figuration. Her abstract color fields in oil resonate and hum as the color becomes the form, sometimes generating a feeling of intensity and optical calm. Saville uses layering to build up the paint surface; her brush marks are gentle or erased completely, giving the impression that they aren’t made by hand. Titled in sequences, these works have referred to times of the day or the moons of the solar system, great orbital bodies in movement around each other. More recently, Saville has used more personal titles. The names of the paintings have become exclusively female, the feeling of the colors reminding the artist of the relationships of friends and family. These works invite harmonious, meditative states in which any visible form of the artist’s gesture is replaced with an emotional response from the viewer. ...
