The Knife Cuts, The Petal Falls

Lynne Taetzsch’s The Knife Cuts, The Petal Falls is defined by thick and directed passages of acrylic lacerated and divided by thin spindly lines of black. The center is impossible to ignore yet difficult to pinpoint. While, at first glance, there appears to be a shared direction to all the orange, red, and yellow mark-making, it begins to morph into other shapes (I have started to see a face) and subvert its own centrally driven path. These deviations cut to the heart of what makes the painting visually challenging and alluring: it does not bend to our perceptual will, nor does it bend us to its own, but instead exists independently of any individuals or collectives’ comprehension. The Knife Cuts, The Petal Falls is a bold work that holds nothing back while simultaneously giving the viewer no direction other than pleasure (of which it gives plentifully).