In Ann Wolfs Art, Small Worlds of Intensity & Religious Iconography

THE TIMES UNION
By Tim Kane

"Drawing 2" by Ann Wolf (Courtesy the artist)

NEW YORK - In Ann Wolf's art, the psychedelic 1960s counterculture meets medieval Christianity. Electric colors dance, as if to the amplification of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," while saints and the Virgin Mary descend and extol the benefits of the virtuous life. Amid the cacophony, one picture by Wolf emerges for its foreboding solitude in the exhibit "From the Center of Our World." All of the 18 paintings and drawings are from 2007 to this year. Wolf's diminutive and intricate gouache paintings -- she uses a half-inch brush -- take two years to make. Through Oct. 22, Hudson Valley Teaching Gallery, Administration Building, Hudson Valley Community College, 629-4822, hvcc.edu/teachinggallery. [link]