A swath of fabric, this piece came together by drenching the fabric in laytex paint, then layed on to canvas, scrunching the wet fabric until the beautiful folds appeared. When it dried, an additional layer of oil paint provided a finish and variations in color. The yellow stripe across the mid-section “cracked” the piece in two. This piece was completed before the war in Ukraine started. It was originally titled “Yellow Stripe.” I added “Slava Ukraine” when Russia invaded Grandfather Rybat’s homeland in Lviv. He immigrated to Buffalo, NY about 1915 before revolution. Specks of yellow & orange remind of the original.

Exhibited at Marin MOCA, Novato, CA (2021) "Happenstance" exhibit.

Photographed by Jay Daniel, Black Cat Studio, Novato, CA