For some four decades, Annabel Livermore's primary subjects have been the physical and mental landscape, reminding us of seasonal change and the transience of existence. That energy-explosive dynamic of Livermore's art operates in "Cosmic Gardens," a cycle of visionary abstract paintings that celebrate the spirit with a jarring, almost mystical conviction.

Kirk Hopper Fine Art will present Livermore's works that show nature wandering, jesting, stretching the limits of her domain. From the marrow of nature, can existence renew itself? At what point do we cease to be who or what we were and become something different?

The overwhelming content of "Cosmic Gardens" is one of the enigma of equivocal forces, the unsettling quality of a captured moment in eternal flux. Among Livermore's strongest efforts, in which she pushes and broadens a unique visual language, the paintings slip between image and abstraction, control and abandon, lines and seeping forms. All provide a sense of looking into the universe to an unknown infinity, a liminal state of life, death and whatever lies beyond.

Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display through March 23.