Strike Jessica Snow Critics have connected Baribeau to

Critics have connected Baribeau to a range of aesthetic positions

similar to automatic drawing or action painting

performative gestures

and seems to emanate from a dreamlike and mysterious realm

Strike Jessica Snow Critics have connected Baribeau toMatthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as well as reducing and minimizing the painted surface. Langley's artistic background relate to a wide variety of interests. He is well versed in Color Field painting in particular, work by Morris Louis, Sam Gilliam, and Gene Davis, as well as the abstraction from Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, Callum Innes among others.