Flowing Like a River

Driskell's work is often modest in scale, ranging from around 5 by 7 inches and combining watercolor, mixed mediums and encaustic on paper and collage. In "Flowing Like a River,' then, we experience a larger-than-usual format. The work also demonstrates a formal device frequently used by Driskell and reminiscent of Romare Bearden: strips of paper raggedly torn and arranged in bars across the picture plane. The paper strips hover in an ambiguous blue-green space as if in suspension and the striking colors delight the viewer with lush, saturated hues, gestural brushstrokes and eye catching spatial modulations.