WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- Jesse Higman’s paintbrush isn’t a brush at all.
With limited mobility in his hands because of a car crash 27 years ago, this
Seattle-based artist has created a painting method all his own. To control his
colors, Higman built intricate tables with weights that bend his wooden canvas.
Then he carefully pours pigment and water on the surface and watches them swirl
to a small hole. The paint is like light being sucked into a black hole in
space, he said. Left behind is a design he calls “Bone Orchid.” The festival,
hosted by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at sites across the
nation’s capital, runs through June 12 and features many free daily
performances, films and visual arts. A juried exhibit, “Revealing Culture,” that
includes Higman’s work among 130 pieces at the Smithsonian will remain on view
through Aug. 29.