Joy comes from the unexpected. And maybe that’s why I never could create great visual art: The lack of control is terrifying. But it can be freeing, as proved by Sydney Yeager’s dynamic paintings. Her work contains swirling worlds birthed by a “wet on wet” process, where paint blends together unpredictably. Will the whirls reveal harmonious marriage of color or muddy twists and turns? What mental connections zap while viewing the undulating swaths of paints? – Cat McCarrey