Waves Artist_Michael J. Paddon From across the room it

From across the room it reads as an energetic field of color and movement

Confetti Gooseberry Beach captures the feeling of a perfect summer afternoon when everything seems suspended in light

Displayed together on a table

Acrylic on birch panel

Waves Artist_Michael J. Paddon From across the room itWaves, 2026 By Kristen Coates 60H x 48W Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas Signed and titled on reverse Waves continues an exploration within my larger scale works, where layering, movement, and revision become part of the final composition. Rather than building the surface in a linear way, I moved both forward and backward, adding color, then pulling it away, allowing moments of negative space to re emerge while also exploring relationships between