Her iconoclastic spin on R&B has made Dawn a singular force and this four-track EP continues her knack for delivering lush, shape-shifting work.
"I then like to counteract all these fine textures with the bold and lush shapes of the harvest, like grapes, persimmons, pomegranates, and squash".
Or check out "Odysseus: The Sea Nymph," Bearden's sly adaptation of Matisse as a submarine artist, the colors almost suffocatingly lush, the shapes cool and sexy.
They are also in better shape — lush and green — as a result of a summer's worth of work by the maintenance staff and a period of recovery from the August legions.
Mostly, Mr. Gilbert drew a lush, precise performance, shaped with a flexibility that made these pieces intoxicating.
In the fine arts, examples include William Baziotes's painting "Opalescent" (1962), whose lush, free-form shapes were encouraged to swim up from unconscious depths, and Calder's "Red Lily Pads" (1956), a mobile of painted sheet metal whose sprawly, sensuous leaf forms are spurred to move freely in space by air currents.
Lush, sometimes messy shapes, brush strokes, splatters and forms evoke a feral sexuality engaged in a struggle with cultivation and, often, whimsy.
Ms. Korbes is a marvel of clear shape and lush momentum in this piece, whose setting and subject matter remain slightly mysterious.
Mr. Isserlis, Mr. Brey and Ms. Staples, joined by Michelle Kim, violinist, and Rebecca Young and Irene Breslaw, violists, gave a reading that was a model of thoughtfully shaped dynamics, lush timbres and kinetic energy.
Hank Locklin, a singer who first applied his searching, crystal-clear tenor voice to honky-tonk country music, then helped shape the lusher, more refined Nashville sound of the 1950s and '60s, died on Sunday at his home in Brewton, Ala.
And that seems to be in great shape, as this year Lush has been crowned top out of 100 UK high-street stores for its friendly customer service.
