Jackie Ellens's Shapes in Rhythm II

A composed study in geometric abstraction, Shapes in Rhythm II carries the visual cadence its title promises — forms arranged with the deliberate pacing of a well-resolved interior, neither hurried nor static. The framed canvas is set within a wood frame whose depth lends the work a quiet architectural presence on the wall. At forty-two inches tall and twenty-six inches wide, its proportions are decisively vertical, suited to the narrow wall, the intimate corridor, or as a counterpoint to broader horizontal arrangements.