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"Monday 3pm" by Boo Saville features a gradient of soft, muted hues transitioning smoothly from greens to blues and pinks, creating a serene and meditative atmosphere. The composition lacks distinct shapes or figures, emphasizing abstract color blending. Saville’s technique of erasing brush marks results in a seamless surface, evoking an optical calm. Her approach intertwines abstraction and emotion, often inspired by personal connections, offering a tranquil vista reminiscent of natural phenomena or personal memories. ...
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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. ...