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Chris Hellman's watercolors continue to explore natural forms but, in this new body of work, biological specimens no longer float on a white ground as if prepared for clinical examination. Rather, they become animated elements in more complex grounds that reference landscapes, sub-cellular worlds, or the matrix itself. As in earlier watercolors, there is a strong sense of whimsy - a sprouting tuber looks curiously like a Japanese screen print of a tree swept mountain; friendly bug-eyed forms hang cyst-like in tissue samples; colorful knots and burls are wedged into wood grains or other stratified media, either by design or disease. Hellman's interest is no longer in the perfect symmetry of nature but more in describing accidental elements that invade or morph into the primordial soup, adding a certain zest.
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