‘Ode To…’ is an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by the New Mexico-based artist, Boramie Ann Sao. The title could be defined as a lyric poem, or tribute, with a specific reference to place. For much of the work in the exhibition is directly inspired by New Mexico, where the artist moved in 2020. Much like Agnes Martin and Georgia O’Keeffe before her, she doesn’t translate New Mexican imagery into her artworks, but conveys its feelings via supple undulating forms and soft, desert-hued palettes. There are suggestions of narratives via her titles, and her compositions might allude to figuration, and yet her paintings tend to slip away from legibility and fall into the space of pure feeling and/or thoughts. ‘Ode To...’ is Sao’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Prior to that she exhibited at Revolt Gallery in Taos New Mexico in 2021.