48 - Gale Antokal - Portal 18 (8.27.24)

Gale Antokal

Portal 18 (8.27.24), 2024

Acrylic ink on synthetic paper

15.5 x 15.5 in. (framed)

About Artwork & Artist Bio: Timepieces and Portals came to mind after I followed an impulse to loop my panoramic paintings into tondos. A portal motif may connote the celestial, an object of time transition, a gateway. My brush circulates and moves outward from the center often interrupted by a disruptive pool of color. Sometimes just a small passage is all that remains after a day of work. Other days, the entire painting will be lost. A small misstep may result in an enormous shift in direction. I constantly watch these paintings collapse with a shock of loss, yet trust I will find my way back.

Courtesy of the artist and Dolby Chadwick Gallery