Crisscrossed Juxapositions Over the past year, Powell has embraced collage as a liberating technique that has expanded her creative horizons. Through layering images and color in innovative ways, she creates dynamic compositions that draw the viewer into complex visual relationships. Sometimes complementing these collages are delicate prints on rice paper, an element that introduces a new sense of translucency. The layered rice paper adds depth and texture, allowing Powell to explore the interplay between figures, nature, and the spaces they occupy.
The artist’s attention to the interaction of line, color, and form results in compositions that feel both fluid and structured, capturing the subtle tensions and harmonies that arise when shapes overlap and colors intersect. The exhibition reveals Powell’s fascination with crisscrossing space and how backgrounds, objects, and figures converse visually within a composition.