Though she’s inspired by flowers and plant life, Ileana Garcia Magoda’s paintings can look like underwater scenes lit by bioluminescence or unnaturally colored magical worlds punctuated by vivid splashes of color. Here, in a painting at Anat Ebgi Gallery titled ‘There’s no greater repose than this beautiful garden,’ the artist immerses viewers in a field of warm yellow and orange color that generates an immediate emotional impact. The effect links to the sunbaths Magoda takes before heading into the studio, one way of dealing with her chronic spinal pain and a means to impart “the sensations of light absorbed through the skin.” (On view in Tribeca through April 25th).
