III. Dreams made real
The combination of new imagery and stronger visual contrasts characterizes work of the third stage of their development, from about 1993 until the present. Their celebratory feeling of freedom began to manifest itself in more cheerful and playful imagery. Rather than the stressful, distorted forms of their earlier work, there was a new feeling of liberation in many paintings of this third stage that reflects this confidence and lack of fear. Their exploration of other materials also demonstrates an easy