Passion & Movement
Inspired by the New England's Indian summer José van Gool’s paintings pry into the relationship between color and
movement. They follow, one to the next, a certain pattern. A solitary dancer, a pair of dancers, or a group of three or four are always the presumed focus of the composition.
But these paintings inhabit a movement unique to van Gool, one she summons up through her dramatic charge of color.
Van Gool’s mastery of color drives these emotional works, as the dancers
she creates in effect lose themselves, consumed by the hot, dry matter of
the world, like fallen, brittle leaves about to burst into flame.
movement. They follow, one to the next, a certain pattern. A solitary dancer, a pair of dancers, or a group of three or four are always the presumed focus of the composition.
But these paintings inhabit a movement unique to van Gool, one she summons up through her dramatic charge of color.
Van Gool’s mastery of color drives these emotional works, as the dancers
she creates in effect lose themselves, consumed by the hot, dry matter of
the world, like fallen, brittle leaves about to burst into flame.
