and still this

Jim Hodges

2005–2008

23.5K and 24K gold with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen

Dallas Museum of Art

This ambitious work began as a single canvas and expanded to ten over the course of its creation. Arranged in an open circle of ten panels of increasing height, it creates an immersive environment. Hodges applied gold leaf to create stylized arabesque patterns and to depict what might be a scene by a river, a lake, or a pond in a forest with light crashing through the trees. This ambitious work began as a single canvas and expanded to ten over the course of its creation. Arranged in an open circle of ten panels of increasing height, it creates an immersive environment. Hodges applied gold leaf to create stylized arabesque patterns a