Borders Not Limits
Pushing past our own limitations
Borders Not Limits is a collection shaped by transition, presence, and the quiet intelligence of becoming. These works explore the spaces between known and unknown, interior and exterior, movement and stillness. Through soft contours, thoughtful negative space, and grounded color relationships, the collection reflects the steady evolution that occurs when the self expands beyond past definitions.
The paintings offer a sense of calm structure while leaving room for interpretation. They carry the feeling of landscapes, emotional terrains, and internal architectures, without settling into representation. What emerges is a contemplative field where edges guide rather than restrict and where each form holds its own integrity within a larger whole.
The Collection
The body of work moves through layered palettes of sage greens, muted blues, warm neutrals, ochre, coral, and soft grey. Each painting is built from gently shifting shapes that echo pathways, coastlines, intersections, and the layered movement of memory. The compositions reveal a rhythm that feels both grounded and expansive.
Certain pieces, such as Found Not Lost, The Earth Delights, and Green Mountain Moments, carry the presence of places that hold emotional resonance. Others like Balance, In The Middle, and The Many Forms of Water explore interior steadiness and the comfort found in clarity. Works including Twice As Far, One Decision Away, and Walking On the Way reflect the momentum that builds when we trust a direction even before knowing the outcome.
Across the collection, the shapes remain connected, flowing, and relational. The boundaries they form do not close the viewer out. Instead, they create pathways that invite exploration, offering a sense of belonging within movement.
Meaning and Intention
Borders Not Limits was created during a period where adjustment, subtle courage, and renewed orientation shaped the studio. The paintings grew from questions about identity, direction, and the places where the self meets change without losing its center.
These works speak to the moments when one chapter softens into the next. They represent the quiet transitions that are often overlooked yet profoundly meaningful. The shapes carry the sense of being held within motion, grounded while moving forward, and supported while stepping into spaces that once felt distant.
This collection offers a visual language for presence. It recognizes the edges we navigate daily: emotional thresholds, personal growth, and the gentle reconfiguration of what we believe possible. The intention is clarity without rigidity, movement without disruption, and honesty without force.
The Works
Borders Not Limits includes over twenty paintings ranging from intimate pieces to large scale works. Each carries a unique perspective within the shared vocabulary of shape, line, and color. Some pieces feel like meeting points. Others feel like passages. All of them hold the signature quiet strength that defines this collection.
For collectors, the series offers a cohesive body of work that integrates beautifully into contemporary interiors while maintaining a strong point of view. The pieces pair well together for multi work installations and stand confidently on their own.
Collecting from the Borders Not Limits Collection
You may explore all available works below. For questions regarding acquisition, placement, or curation, direct inquiries are welcome.
CURATORIAL STATEMENT
Borders Not Limits presents a refined study of form, restraint, and emotional topography. Through connected shapes and softly shifting planes of color, the collection investigates the thresholds that define human experience. These works move with a quiet confidence, emphasizing the significance of subtle transitions and the depth held within understated movement.
Margaret Lipsey’s compositional approach in this series is intentional and measured. Each form rests against the next with calm precision, creating a visual vocabulary that balances containment with expansion. The palette is sophisticated and contemporary, relying on tonal harmony to support the structural clarity of the shapes. The surfaces carry the calm discipline of slow looking and the stability that emerges from carefully considered decisions.
Curatorially, the collection offers an exploration of relational geometry. These paintings consider how identities form through contact, how inner landscapes shift through time, and how boundaries can serve as gentle guides rather than restrictions. The works interact elegantly with the viewer’s sense of orientation, offering both spaciousness and grounding.
Borders Not Limits stands as a significant chapter in Lipsey’s broader practice, marking a period of introspection, consolidation, and refined evolution. The pieces resonate with viewers who appreciate contemporary abstraction rooted in emotional intelligence and architectural balance.