Cadieux, Winter Sunset from My Pool, 2009,
oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches
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Cathey Cadieux pushes the envelope on just how sensual color can get. But her imagery is not decorative or flat; she moves and pulls the forms of sky, water, and vegetation with an effortless shift of color vibrations. Notice how the blue violet reflection in the water in the foreground zooms right up to us, while the sky it is reflecting has a paler, pinker violet color, which is softy angled back towards the horizon. Cadieux also perfectly balances the gradations of light, forming a hierarchy which takes steps leading up to the lightest and most brilliant patches of color. What impresses me as well is the richness and beauty of the purple shadows, and how they serve as a complementary foil to the dark, earthy browns and greens. The overall effect bathes, soothes, and manipulates one's vision like a spa for the eyes. Winter Sunset from My Pool and four other Cadieux paintings will be featured in the group show, Landscape with a Modern Edge, October 17th at the Newberry Gallery in Santa Monica. Michael Newberry |