Throughout Patti Menkes’ art practice - spanning textiles, collage, metal sculptures and painting- form, line, and color remain her guiding thread. Color intrigues and inspires Patti, even in the depth of black.

In painting, it engages Patti in a vital dialogue, of play and interplay. And when she steps back from the immersive flow of this process and observe the canvas, she may even be surprised by its seemingly own resolution; by what is at once both its stillness and its dynamic tension, that in its way, may resonate differently with each individual viewer.