This painting, Arch (Block Series), oil/canvas 20" x 16", continues the work started during First Arch. I wanted to study the arch-shaped block again, this time turning it on its side and using it in a shorter stack of blocks and balls. Although I set up this particular still life composition, it reminds me of the kinds of choices my daughter makes when building with blocks. As adults we expect an arch to be oriented in a certain way and serve a particular purpose, but my daughter has no such expectations. An arch on its side is as useful for building towers as an arch laying flat - and it need not connect a thing! Visually, once again, the opening in the arch creates a sort of window through the stack as does the square doughnut-shaped block above it.
