‘Sense of wonderment’

Work by Shiao-Ping Wang, in her show “Visual Inference,’’ at 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, N.H., through Sept. 28.

The gallery says:

“Imagination and curiosity are the unseen ingredients in Shiao-Ping Wang's process. They lead the paths behind and beyond appearances and patterns. As patterns proliferate, conjugate and transform, the artist's eye finds relational meanings between the abstract forms and its parallels in natural phenomena and in human lives. 

“Shiao-Ping is drawn to materials that evoke a sense of wonderment. The strong material presence of linen canvases and handmade paper ‘speak’ to her in the process. They encourage her to explore ways in coloring, cutting and reaching under layers of the pulp.’’

Congress Street in beautiful downtown Portsmouth, N.H.

— Photo by John Phelan