These new works culminate many years of influence and personal style. There are many physical and historical layers in the paintings, and these many layers of paint contain Bogat’s personal and painting history.

These works, executed from 2001-2003, carry an octagonal motif through the gamut of Bogat’s palette. This architectural form was initially seen in a friend’s Long Island home and then faceted through memory. The octagons recede from and advance to the surface, are washed away, scraped, and then resurface again.

They are not sentimental; there is discord and strife in their history. There are some unruly colors, some dry colors, such as the mustard of desert sand, hidden in the layers. There is also luminosity.

The canvas is exuberant. A mix of impasto, washes of color and ink, and intaglio combine to create their dimensionality.

“Everything I’ve learned in 50 years of painting is in these works,” Bogat said.

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