In Glenn Jampol’s large paintings, formally and emotionally complex, a dialogue is established between immense, illusionistic forms and broad, painterly swaths of color. Jampol successfully synthesizes the gestural, intuitive manipulation of paint and the illusionistic depiction of an object floating in clear, deep space. The pastel prettiness of his earlier work remains, but it has been ameliorated by his strong compositions.

A few years ago Jampol made pieces in which he combined constructions and found objects with painted canvases. These three-dimensional works poked fun at Renaissance