Hope Gangloff's vibrant colors and stark outlines make countryside scenes come to life

Hope Gangloff is presenting a collection of acrylic paintings for a show at the Susan Inglett Gallery. The works serve as a personal diary of sorts and include still-lifes, landscapes, and portraiture. The atmosphere is relaxed in Gangloff’s portrayals of friends and acquaintances such as Arnold (Lehman-Richter) featuring a man comfortably seated near a lakefront gazing at distant mountains in soothing tones of blue, purple and green. Waggie and James shows a man lounging on a sofa with his dog at his side; in another, titled James Case-Leal , the same character is shown braiding his hair while casually balancing a cigarette in his mouth. A large painting of a meadow hangs on the wall, with varying shades of reds and blues making it stand out. Other notable works include Brook at Dusk which offers an alluring array of soft and bright colors, the simple Bittersweet Barn with the bright, red subject taking over most of the canvas and Spring Porch capturing a night during a t...