For five decades, artist James Walsh has pushed the boundaries of what paint can do, transforming acrylic into an ever-expanding dialogue of form and color. Now, Relief in Sight at the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery (The SAGG) celebrates this extraordinary journey. James Walsh is an American painter known for works that merge the tactility of relief with the expansive possibilities of color and surface. The first, from the 1980s through the early ’90s, includes the one-shot, low relief,” works made all in one go, but less textured. Throughout the ’90s and just into the aughts, we have one-shot, high relief.” After 2004, color, drawing, and texture predominate.