1990's
The colors flutter against one another, rising and falling, creating a lyrical richness. There appears a field of wild flowers on a persimmon-hot summer day. At another painting, a dense, blue rippling brook glistens in the moonlight. These are personal interpretations. As one's mood changes, so, too, may one's vision mutate. The complexity of the colors bouncing together exhilarates and transports the viewer into another world.
At first look, the simplicity of the exhibit belies the sophisticated personal style of the artist. Palay works with a variety of palettes and allows inspiration to direct her choice of color, pattern and application as she proceeds. The result is a cohesive, complex, yet balanced painting and color is used with unusual freshness. Kent Rupp, art director at IVC said, "Palay's paintings are in the colorfield abstractionist tradition: they have a lyrical 19th century feel for light and space."
Charlotte Lewis, Marin County, CA 1992