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In this layered composition, sinuous forms and spatial distortions coincide with expressive brushstrokes and vivid color, creating a space both otherworldly and familiar. Seemingly abstract at first glance, Fight or Flight slowly divulges its relationship to landscape. A red sun peeks out in the upper left corner, and a sliver of turquoise-blue sea appears in the distance. Shara Hughes refers to her paintings as psychological or invented landscapes. Composed spontaneously, rather than from preliminary sketches, her works radiate a complexity that derives from memory, observation, and illusionism.
