Black Paintings

She first introduced calligraphic marks into her painting in 1996. Since then, she has been interlocking them to establish a layered space that is scraped, dug up, and partially buried. Full of glinting turquoise blues, malachite greens, and ruby reds, Fishman's palette is reminiscent of ashes, minerals and earth, the source of her pigments. Suspended between states of becoming and decay, emrgence and dissolution, her paintings evoke ruins built upon ruins, the feeling that the artist is excavating, searching for what has been hidden as well as properly burying that which has been neglected or forgotten by others.

— excerpt from "Drawing a New Line" by John Yau, Art on Paper (January/February 2004)
BEAST IN THE JUNGLE
BEAST IN THE JUNGLE Oil on linen 65 x 58 in / 165.1 x 147.3 cm 1990
TEREZIN BEDS
TEREZIN BEDS Acrylic on gelatin print 5 x 7 in / 12.7 x 17.8 cm 1997
LOOK BACK
LOOK BACK Oil on linen 58 x 58 in / 147.3 x 147.3 cm 1998
FOR THERE SHE WAS
FOR THERE SHE WAS Oil on linen 76.25 x 82 in / 193.7 x 208.3 cm 1998
HIDING IN THE EBB AND FLOW
HIDING IN THE EBB AND FLOW Oil on linen 65 x 60 in / 165.1 x 152.4 cm 2007
A BIT OF SKY
A BIT OF SKY Acrylic on canvas 66 x 39 in 2007
DARTMOUTH 2
DARTMOUTH 2 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 39 in 2007
OILY CROSSOVER
OILY CROSSOVER Oil on jute 41 x 36 in 2007
THE ARCTIC SEA
THE ARCTIC SEA Acrylic on canvas 72 x 65 in 2007
Saga
Saga Oil on jute 51 x 30 in 2010
Yes
Yes Oil on linen 51 x 42 in 2011