Lois R. Lupica’s Cold Wax + Oil and Encaustic works adhere to the Law of Continuity – a Gestalt psychology principle where multiple elements in a painting are unified on a  linear path. The invisible lines sweep around, link multiple elements and result in  movement and unity. 

Lupica’s paintings in Continuity also represent the idea of developmental resolution – the progressive, incremental, and continuous process of adding and subtracting.  Multiple layers of translucent color are applied and then removed, leaving hints, wisps  and sometimes blocks of lucent color. Positive elements are reinforced and brought  forward, while unproductive features are obscured or erased. The work uses colors  found in the natural world: the blues and lavenders of dusk and night, the reds, yellows  and golds of fall, and the greens and grays of the mountains and meadows. Images of  nature are abstracted to focus the viewer on feeling the complexity of emotions that  have emerged as we all connect our present to our past. 

Continuity represents a continual existence of art in the heart of Pamela Gilmore Hake.  Nothing in our society from politics to the pandemic can take this consistent feeling from  her. Visual communication has been an important part of human existence for  thousands of years and will continue for future times. For her, these challenging times  have made visual communication even more important. Harsh, hurtful words have  become so prevalent that she finds peace in using art elements to communicate. As the  artist Agnes Martin once said, “Beauty speaks a message to us.”

Pamela’s work starts with scribbled lines to express her feelings. She then starts to weave them together with paint. The lines give direction to her thoughts at the she  touches the painting surface, and the paint follows the path set for it. It becomes a  dance of the head, hand, and heart to bring together primal marks for her visual  message.