BETTY WEISS
New York-based painter Betty Weiss’s compositions are an act of reduction—she simplifies her imagery to fundamental forms and essential elements. Her work is inspired in part by the architectural shapes and colors of Mexico, where she spent a number of years in her young adulthood.
In recent work, Weiss takes the Silver Dollar plant seedpod as her subject matter. She sees it as a symbol of nature's rhythms and as the embodiment of the potential for life. Weiss layers these repeating ovals over a grid of overlapping colors, imposing a rhythmic order on the image. It is framed and divided, suggesting the mathematical organization of nature and its relentless ability to replicate.
Weiss's works are included in many prominent collections including those of the University Gallery of the State University of New York at Albany; the Met Life Corporation, New York; and the Islip Art Museum, New York.
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