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Dorward is known for painting his visible environment, which includes the people, spaces, objects, and landscapes around him. Included in our exhibition are works painted en-plein-air on the banks of the Thames River. He was lured riverside by its dense woods and tangled thickets, where the breakdown of a distinction between figure (subject) and ground (background) demanded a novel solution to the classic painter’s problem of locating a subject in space.

These paintings are reflective of Dorward’s interest in visualizing his surroundings to express psychological, or internal states of being. …