ART AFTER HOURS WITH NATALIE WESTBROOK

This month's Art After Hours turns the spotlight on Natalie Westbrook, an abstract expressionist whose path to painting began, unexpectedly, in the upheaval of 2020. Drawing on a background steeped in fashion and textiles, Westbrook builds canvases out of bold strokes and intricate pattern, work that owes as much to color theory as it does to painters like Lee Krasner and Cy Twombly. The result is less about mood than momentum: paintings that read as energetic and joyful even at a glance, while rewarding a longer look with the intuitive sense of tonality underneath. As always, the evening pairs the art with a curated wine bar and easy conversation, Markowicz's standing monthly invitation to slow down and actually look.