Joanna Logue

7 nature, of bulrushes and birches and reflecting water. Logue is excited by this painting, a seminal piece and the launching point for future work. In the end, Logue approaches each painting as a challenge to free herself of constraint. She never wants to stay with what is safe; she is always pushing through to something new. “I need the painting to teach me a new way of looking at the world,” she says. We look on in wonder, grateful to have this master painter re-engage us with what lies before us, in a manner both revelatory and brilliant. Carl Little is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic and Art New England. His books include Edward Hopper’s New England, The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent and, with his brother David, Art of Acadia. Where the birch meets the sea 2019 oil on birch board 61 x 122 cm