For Hans Hofmann, painting was an exercise in creating relationships, an opportunity to see colors and shapes react to one another—often dramatically, in formal wrestling matches that create a dynamic sense of space. Never planning his paintings ahead of time, Hofmann made intuitive decisions on the canvas, allowing the process to take him somewhere unknown.

In his exhibition SHIPPING at Headstone Gallery, Richard Bosman represents the most ubiquitous thing we experience as consumers: packaging. However, Bosman’s deadpan representations have a nautical tinge, directing our attention to global trade networks and the shipping containers that transport our goods.

Maurice Freedman was a quintessential modernist, painting what he saw from everyday life while channeling his inner vision. The artist split his time between New York and Maine, the journey between a well-trodden path beloved by many artists.

In Diana Horowitz’s exhibition Light is a Place at Bookstein Projects, we see a row of small-scale paintings, intimate and portable, depicting subjects that range from the Manhattan skyline to hilltop towns in Italy, cows grazing in a field, and the momentary release of fireworks at night.

In Lynne Drexler’s current exhibition, Color Notes, one sees a genuine exploration of color through experimentation and play rather than theory, inviting us to see color with immediacy and revel in the experience.