LUMENS 1998-2003 | raphaelle-goethals

LUMENS, archives, 1998-2003

Opaque yet translucent, unbounded and restrained, fluid and frozen, her work has been described by essayist and critic Arden Reed as being constructed out of dichotomies: “Surface/depth, randomness/design, flesh/word, motion/stillness. Her paintings both enliven and compose us." (Click on painting for larger image.)

Reclaiming Territory XVI encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 52 x 46 inches, 2000 private collection Santa Fe	The Texture of Awareness encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 67 x 59 inches, collection of the Ritz Carlton	Birthmark I encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 67 by 59 inches, private collection Germany
Dissected Desire encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of Paul Allen, Seattle	First Breath encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, private collection Sioux City	Absorbtion of the Feminine encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches
Inside/Outside encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of the Boise Art Museum	Lumens XXX encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 53 x 78 inches, private collection Scottsdale	Lumens XXXII encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, private collection NYC
Lumens XXIX encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 60 x 54 inches, private collection NYC	Lumens XXVIII encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 40 x 37 inches	Reclaiming Territory II encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 69 x 57 inches
Reclaiming Territory VII encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 26 x 23 inches	Lumens encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 54x 73 inches, commissioned by the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach	The Missing One encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Traces encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 40 x 37 inches, private collection

Reclaiming Territory XVI

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 52 x 46 inches, 2000 private collection Santa Fe

The Texture of Awareness

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 67 x 59 inches, collection of the Ritz Carlton

Birthmark I

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 67 by 59 inches, private collection Germany

Dissected Desire

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of Paul Allen, Seattle

First Breath

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, private collection Sioux City

Absorbtion of the Feminine

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches

Inside/Outside

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of the Boise Art Museum

Lumens XXX

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 53 x 78 inches, private collection Scottsdale

Lumens XXXII

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, private collection NYC

Lumens XXIX

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 60 x 54 inches, private collection NYC

Lumens XXVIII

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 40 x 37 inches

Reclaiming Territory II

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 69 x 57 inches

Reclaiming Territory VII

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 26 x 23 inches

Lumens

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 54x 73 inches, commissioned by the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach

The Missing One

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 78 x 69 inches, collection of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Traces

encaustic and mineral pigments on birch panel, 40 x 37 inches, private collection