In her rich mixed-media paintings, Eva Speer explores the dichotomies—like clarity/confusion; progression/regression; comfort/fear—that we confront throughout our lives. Her works, ranging from entirely abstract to semi-representational, small- to large-scale, reflect what she describes as the “uncharted expanse of a lifetime.” Full of disparate images in the process of coming into being, explosions, sea- and skyscapes, or allover abstract patterns, her compositions are visual records of our attempts to find structure and meaning within ourselves and in our surroundings, forming what Speer calls a “blueprint” for our journey through life. As she explains: “Grids, arrows, tick marks and shiny objects that beckon toward understanding, rest, riches or home all comprise this blueprint or schema of a journey, whose structure is both glimpsed and generated, whose parts seem to fly up just as one takes a step.”