The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a transparency is created that allows the viewer to enter through the lines onto the painted surface.
The titles of each series can be interpreted as emotional, psychological and physical conditions.
This work, part of the series Soothe is about a quiet interruption of threaded lines that connects and disconnects the two colors.
The repetitive, regular lines create a bulge or welt in the negative space where the thread is behind the canvas and the puncture holes are emphasized.
Holly Miller is an American abstract artist whose paintings strive to merge the optical with the tactile through the language of abstraction. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.