This piece began as part of the Rome series in 2012 that McCagg continued working into it over the course of three years.
In terms of process, she sometimes looks across the studio at a painting done long ago and has an urge to work in to it again.
Capturing the experience over time, this painting brings a certain depth. It was inspired by thoughts about the contrast between being and not being.
Xanda McCagg is an American abstract artist who lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. A classically trained painter, she has evolved into a style that abandons figuration in search of evoking the human essence.