ise ▁Bel court ," ▁' Re view , ▁April ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 .</ ref > ▁AR T news ' s ▁Am anda ▁Church ▁writes , ▁" Bel court ▁has ▁car ved ▁a ▁unique ▁n iche ▁for ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁canon ▁of ▁contemporary ▁painting : ▁the ▁best ▁kind , ▁where ▁ante ced ents ▁are ▁trace able ▁but ▁there ' s ▁nothing ▁that ' s ▁quite ▁the ▁same ." ▁▁ ▁Crit ics ▁have ▁li ken ed ▁Bel court ' s ▁bi omorphic ▁and ▁sl ab - like ▁forms ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁Philip ▁Gust on ▁and ▁Giorg io ▁Mor and i ; ▁her ▁expl oration ▁of ▁p ict orial ▁ambigu ity ▁to ▁early ▁Modern ists ▁Georgia ▁O ' Ke efe , ▁Mars den ▁Hart ley ▁and ▁Arthur ▁D ove , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Male v ich ▁and ▁Mond rian ; ▁her ▁commit ment ▁to ▁the ▁physical ▁and ▁bod ily ▁experience ▁to ▁Canadian ▁vision ary ▁landscape ▁artists ▁the ▁Group ▁of ▁Seven , ▁Em ily ▁Car r ▁and ▁Anne ▁Sav age , ▁and ▁the ▁work ' s ▁sense ▁of ▁mystery ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Giorg io ▁De ▁Ch ir ico ▁and ▁Ell sw orth ▁Kelly . ▁ ▁Early ▁painting ▁Bel court ' s ▁early ▁painting ▁has ▁been ▁character ized ▁as ▁abstract ▁and ▁intens ely ▁physical , ▁with ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁sens ual ity , ▁ag gression ▁and ▁rough , ▁raw ▁feeling ▁that ▁ran ▁counter ▁to ▁the ▁cool , ▁concept ual ▁art ▁dominant ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Crit ics