 | Seattle artist Jaq Chartier has built up a national reputation based on her spare, abstract paintings in which simple dots, blobs, and streaks of color are arranged in rows on a stark white background. What’s gained Chartier particular notice is the ideas which drive her art. Each of her images, besides being a particular collection of colored shapes, is also a record of an actual chemistry experiment in which Chartier explores the interaction of stains and dyes with various layers of acrylic paint, a process with visually fascinating, unpredictable results. Our art critic Gary Faigin joins us for a closer look at this intriguing work. |
