Let's Go For A Spin

Pamela Goldberg’s watercolors are moving, in fact, they actually move within the frame, in sometimes riotous ways, sometimes more gentle, but always with a sense of dynamism and an assured use of color. Viewing Goldberg’s series of Boston landmarks and street scenes is both a comforting and a provocative experience. There’s joy and there’s isolation. Reality is both stolid and tilted, both familiar and the new. “Carousel on the Greenway” is a vivacious excellent example of Goldberg’s dualism.

At first, Goldberg’s bold and animated depiction of the “Carousel on the Greenway” appears to be like many other paintings of carousels or balloons and that sort of thing. Yet. It’s not flat on the ground, it’s as if the carousel has spinned off its access. And the rides on the carousel are perhaps not amused. The large, silvery fish, particularly, looks slightly alarmed. But, yet, again. The other buildings and the picturesque greenmarket remain unmoved.

It’s the carousel that calls out. Let’s spin off the access! Let’s get lost in Yellow and Blue. Let’s climb onto the large, silvery fish and a giant, blue cobra. LET’S!