Nicole Phungrasamee Fein: Layers
In her first solo show at Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco-based Nicole Phungrasamee Fein shows exquisite watercolor paintings on paper. Beginning with only 4 pencil points that mark a square, and without the aid of a straight edge, Fein lays down strokes of color in precisely-timed applications. Multiple layers result in paintings of complex, luminous color in a process more akin to weaving than traditional watercolor painting. Each work requires total concentration and must be completed in a single sitting. Such an intense and painstaking process produces work of astonishing tranquility.
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinIteration (3113E1), 2003watercolor on paperimage 6 x 6 inches
paper 14 1/4 x 14 inches -
Nicole Phungrasamee FeinIteration (3084E2), 2003watercolor on paper6 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches: image size
14 7/8 x 15 inches: paper size -
Nicole Phungrasamee FeinIteration (4021R2), 2004watercolor on paperimage 5.125 x 5.125 inches;
paper 13 3/8 x 13 1/4 inches -
Nicole Phungrasamee FeinIteration (3084M2), 2003watercolor on paperimage 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches/14.9 x 14.9 cm
sheet 14 x 13 7/8 inches/35.6 x 35.2 cm