The Fence, 30" x 40" ensuring that neither overwhelms the

ensuring that neither overwhelms the other

” The vertical blue and yellow forms resemble figures or paths that have intersected briefly

where line and color operate as symbolic gestures of movement

this painting locates joy in the subtle rhythms of air and light

lyrical as well as explosive

The Fence, 30" x 40" ensuring that neither overwhelms theSee more paintings from the Floating Color Collection. James Nowaks The Fence, from the Floating Color Collection, presents a deliberate interplay between rigidity and openness, order and ambiguity. Through the use of horizontal and vertical bars intersecting across the canvas, Nowak evokes the metaphor of a fencenot as a literal boundary but as a symbolic structure mediating between freedom and constraint. Like his other works in the collection, this