These recent works by Richard Slimon deal with the poetic nature of abstraction. They share an affinity with the abstract dynamics in music, with line used in counterpoint to vivid color, and lyricism residing within formality. But being visual, these works are directly concerned with the flat, fluid space of painting, and metaphorically are derived from the observable world: the muted planes of landscape, the contrasting angles of architecture and, underlying all, shadows from the human condition. Such hints of reality serve as a tether for Slimon’s visual invention and emotional expression.