Jean Foos’ oil paintings engage viewers with a seemingly endless array of grid and loop motifs in vivid and contrasting colors. Their powerful poetic presence is attained through a fragile weave of the patterns and structures found in the urban environment. Her grid designs, deceptively simple yet insisting, reflect her longtime interest in painting as a process.

Working out of New York City, and now in the midst of a 25-year career, Foos has exhibited paintings in the East Village NYC, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Berlin Germany, and most recently at the Yale Physicians Building in New Haven. Her work will also be on view in May at the Juvenal Reis Studios in Long Island City, NY, as part of an open studio weekend event.