Takenaga has recently introduced evocative horizon lines in her abstract explorations of pattern and movement... At the same time, Takenaga remains a committed abstractionist, pushing her radiating dots across these canvases in newly bright, saturated, and varied hues. Takenaga’s references to the natural world may appear more literal... but their subjects are so expansive that they approach the ontological. http://www.dcmooregallery.com/exhibitions/2013-09-05_barbara-takenaga-new-paintings