CHARLES PACHTER "BLUE BARN" PAINTING, 2018 Harold Town mave Christensen embraced the methods and

Christensen embraced the methods and concepts underlying Abstraction and Colour Field painting

Christensen contrasts the soft background with confident single explosions or bursts that recall Abstract Expressionism

which she has likened

Relief print with 23 carat-gold letterpress hot-stamping

CHARLES PACHTER "BLUE BARN" PAINTING, 2018 Harold Town mave Christensen embraced the methods andThe barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, form a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has repeatedly visited over the course of his career. With confident colors and bold lines Pachter synthesizes a symbol of Canadiana. In this intimate but striking example, there is a wonderful contrast between the sharp graphic qualities of the farm's field and its barn and the expressionist, moody sky. Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected