Floating 2022

Carrie Graber’s painting, *Floating*, is a scene bathed in warm light, probably oil on canvas. I imagine Graber starting with thin washes to block out the basic composition, almost like watercolor. Then building up layers, thicker in some areas, maybe scraping back in others to create those crisp edges of the pool. I wonder what Graber was thinking as she painted the water, capturing the way light dances and refracts. The flat planes are cleverly composed and a study of complementary colours that hum against each other. It reminds me of Hockney, but with its own twist. Her work feels like a fresh take on figurative painting, where observation meets something dreamlike. In art, we’re always in conversation with what’s come before, and Graber brings her own voice to the mix, and pushes the dialogue in new directions. It’s this kind of exchange that keeps art alive and evolving.