In The Garden At Midnight The Candles Flicker And Glow I & II by Kathe Fraga

# In The Garden At Midnight The Candles Flicker And Glow I & II

Kathe Fraga's diptych merges drawing, painting, and collage across two canvas surfaces, creating a fragmented nocturnal scene. Gestural marks and layered materials articulate a garden space populated by flickering candlelight. The composition moves between representational and abstract registers—figuration dissolves into mark-making, while material accumulation generates spatial depth. Color and texture shift across the panel division, suggesting temporal movement or multiple vantage points within a single moment. The work enacts tension between the ephemeral quality of candlelight and the durability of paint and mixed media, positioning the viewer between observation and abstraction.