Roland Reiss Studio Visit : Spatial and Emotional Depth in Floral Paintings

Roland Reiss and Lita Barrie in the artist's studio in the Brewery, 2014. "Art is a form of consciousness." - Susan Sontag Raphael Rubinstein insists that the major difference between an art critic and other critics -- like literary and film critics -- is the stimulating artist-critic dialogue in studio visits that underlies art writing. This summer, I made four visits to Roland Reiss' studio to discuss his new Floral Paintings --which will be on public view in his upcoming retrospective at Bego...