Shadow Boxer (D.1) Macha Poynder Working not from a precise

Working not from a precise recollection of forms

the quest for pictorial balance

despite its multiplicity

Each layer of paint is like a veil

Shadow Boxer (D.1) Macha Poynder Working not from a preciseThe Shadow Boxer and skipstep paintings grow out of an interest in the paradox of spatial comprehension found in abstract painting. As with the shadow boxing practice in which the athlete spars with his or her own shadow, Bolt finds that the illusory qualities of abstract composition initiate a similar exercise of perception and expectation. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between