In her first solo show at Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco-based
Nicole Phungrasamee Fein shows exquisite watercolor paintings
on paper. Beginning with only 4 pencil points that mark a square,
and without the aid of a straight edge, Fein lays down strokes of
color in precisely-timed applications. Multiple layers result in pain-
tings of complex, luminous color in a process more akin to weaving
than traditional watercolor painting. Each work requires total con-
centration and must be completed in a single sitting. Such an
intense and painstaking process produces work of astonishing
tranquility.