Jaqueline Cedar -

A woman is a woman, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 42x36 in

"I make paintings of life-size people interacting amidst abstract fields of shape and color.  The people in the paintings engage with each other both physically and psychologically, and their gestures and positions are echoed and amplified by their surrounding environments.  Figures emerge from and recede into the spaces depicted.  Some parts of the paintings cover preliminary layers of paint with solid areas of color, while other sections allow initial marks to remain visible.  I use line, color, and shape to direct motion throughout the image."

http://www.jaquelinecedar.com/