Some of the objects at Works on Paper resemble elements of a frame or furniture, enlarged and tweaked into new sorts of constructions. The artist angles and adjusts the depth of strips of wood to make subtle alterations in the way the surface takes the light. Like frames, they are perfectly at home on a wall. Though he has two assistants in his frame-making shop, he does all the work on his art objects himself. There's only one springlike color to a work.
Bright yellow is the most common.
Strickland likes his art to be interactive with the viewer. A pinkish white on the top is augmented by the reflection of the red, like a dawning sun. The simple streamlined horizontals are as satisfying as a perfect unbroken horizon. All rights reserved.