The water’s edge is a place where the solid realities of muck and mud mingle with the ethereal forms of reflected clouds, where the rotting of old plants brings forth new life, where the fluidity of water is held firm by linear plants. I go to the swamp not to be kind to mosquitoes but to look for the place where these contradictions coexist, where order and disorder meet. When I look closely at the water’s edge, an order of light, color and structure seems to emerge. I weave together in paint this emerging order.

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ILANA MANOLSON: DEEP DIVING IN SHALLOW WATER features paintings, which depict a mud puddle from a frog's-eye view.

 
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Winter Water oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2001 - PAINTING SOLD, Iris Print Available *

 

 

 

 

Cat Tails oil on wood panel 22"x18" 2001 Iris Print Available *

 

 

 

 

Home Waters oil on wood panel 18"x18" 2001 - PAINTING SOLD, Iris Print Available *

 

 

 

 

Frog's Eye View oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002

 

 

Pond Talk oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Deep Diving 1 oil on wood panel 15"x15" 2001

 

 

 

 

Quiet Reflections oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002

 

 

 

 

Pond Light oil on wood panel 42"x29" 2002 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Ups and Downs of Pond Liife oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Darks and Lights of Fall oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2003 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Sid's Story oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Swamp Lesson oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2003

 

 

 

 

Leaf Tag oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2001 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Stick in the Mud oil on wood panel 24"x24" 2002

 

 

 

 

Cat Tails 2 oil on wood panel 42"x 29" 2002 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Fern Jazz oil on wood panel 24"x 24" 2002

 

 

 

 

Directions from a Turtle oil on wood panel 36"x 36" 2003 - SOLD

 

 

 

 

Deep Diving II oil on wood panel 24"x 24" 2002

 

 

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