Mavis Abel Gibson
Samba Heat
Samba Heat 1
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 6
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 3
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 4
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 2
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 5
acrylic 16 x 16
Samba Heat 1-6
Inspired by dancers of the Salgueiro Samba school and the sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro, these gestural paintings vibrate with the rhythm of the city. In a recent NYTimes article on Roberto Burle Marx, the great Brazilian landscape architect whose 1970 Copacabana shoreline design is celebrated world-wide, writer Holland Cotter states, "You don't walk the promenade, you dance it; its visual rhythms have a samba beat." (May 13, 2016)