Saint Helices 59, 24" x 18", oil and acrylic on canvas, 1993-97. Artist's collection.

Saint Helices 59 succeeds in integrating all of the disparate techniques, methods, and styles I was utilizing at that time:

• --figure/field spatial illusion
• --abstract expressionism
• --chiaroscuro
• --distinct local color schemes
• --glazing technique
• --naturalistically reflected local colored light
• --assemblage--the edge forms in relief
• --narrative

This version carries off this difficult pictorial agenda flawlessly. The visual and stylistic reach of this painting actually distances itself from the Saint Helices series. I honestly believe that it transcends its own component structure.