Deep Dive

Vibrant, exuberant, and spontaneous, Chihuly's works on paper mirror his approach to glass.  Splatters and gestural forms convey the uninhibited energy of the artist and his impulse to communicate a vision with immediacy.  In Deep Dive a Chandelier form hangs vignetted against a textured teal background, its recursive, brick-red loops echoed loosely in taupe.  These grounded colors are elevated with splatters of metallic gold, bronze, silver and iridescent peach, suggesting the luminosity of his Chandelier installations.