Danielle Riede
Flower Moon, 2025
Oil on porous matte gesso
60.9 x 50.8 cm
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Flower Moon brings together circular forms and flowing bands of color in a composition that evokes natural cycles of growth and renewal. Concentric rings of violet, blue, yellow, and green...
Flower Moon brings together circular forms and flowing bands of color in a composition that evokes natural cycles of growth and renewal. Concentric rings of violet, blue, yellow, and green gather around luminous centers, recalling celestial bodies, organic structures, and patterns found within the earth.
Sweeping passages of paint connect these forms, creating a visual rhythm that moves between expansion and concentration. Rooted in Danielle Riede's movement-based painting practice, the work explores the relationship between physical gesture, accumulated color, and the recurring rhythms of the natural world.
Despite its small scale, Flower Moon feels expansive. Its vibrating rings seem to reach outward, as though calling the viewer into another world. For Riede, the painting feels like a portal into that world, or an access point to dimensions of this world that we do not typically notice or feel.