There
is a complexity of palate which has an organic effect, as if she has created
new mineral and life forms. Where the pointillists
used a minute breakdown of colorful points to suggest the idea of the nature
of light and color, Kathy
Karwat's
densely variegated
color suggests a passage of time, an accumulation but also a revelation of
things underneath, a message from the subterranean depth permeating the shell
of reality. The depth and texture suggests a history within the layers.