Showing posts with label Abstract Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abstract Art. Show all posts

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Matteawan Gallery



The Flat File Show, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY

I have these two work on paper studies from 2014 in the "Flat File Show" at Matteawan Gallery. The exhibition consists of all works on paper by a group of outstanding artists that include: Christopher Albert, Gabe Brown, Marieken Cochius, Susan English, Valerie Hegarty, Thomas Huber, Katelin Kirby, Greg Slick, Wendy Small, S. Gayle Stevens, Krista Svalbonas, Dominick Talvacchio, Kazumi Tanaka, August Ventimiglia, Susan Walsh, and Eleanor White. 

The show runs from Nov 8th though December 18, 2016.

http://www.matteawan.com  

Monday, January 4, 2016

Perpetual Inventory


Happy New Year!

Note: A quote from a book that I just finished reading.

"With Graffiti we encounter yet another form of heterogeneity within the field of representation, one that relates to the invasive nature of this type of mark, its criminal character, so to speak, the fact that it is defined by being a violation by the marker of a space that belongs not to him but to another. Thus, no matter what the iconic character of the configuration, the graffiti mark is, like a photograph, always structured indexically, as the trace of the marker's passage, a trace that is therefore always a signature, a sign whose signified always reads, "Kilroy was here; I was here."

-Rosalind J. Krauss (Perpetual Inventory)


Friday, February 27, 2015

Studio Work

Hard-Edge Painting #151, 2015 Latex and spray enamel on canvas over wood panel.

New work in the studio. Working on a series of black and white pieces all 40" x 30". Decided to focus on black and white. I was feeling that color was getting in the way and making things too busy. Going back to basics allows me the opportunity to work out other elements of the paintings. Such as the interaction between the ground, transparent, and opaque layers of paint. 

Starting with a white ground, I tape off a 1" boarder which I then roll with solid color. After that I apply a layer of white and spray paint the tag twice. Rotating the painting so that each tag occupies one half of the painting. I sand the entire area with a rotatory sander and build up the surface with transparent and opaque areas of paint. 

This part of the process is intuitive. In the past I've used photoshop to figure things out but for this work I just use a piece of white board to block out what I'm seeing so that I can decide white parts of the tag I'd like to keep. The last part is adding the 1/4 inch black boarder. So far I've made three paintings and will start another 40" x 30 and a slightly larger piece that measures 48" x 38". 

Thursday, May 15, 2014

NADA Art Fair


Hard-Edge Painting #1414

Untitled I - IV

Hard-Edge Painting #1420





Hard-Edge Painting #1415


Hard-Edge Painting #1412


Hard-Edge Painting #1419

NADA Art Fair, New York, 2014

Pieces on view at the NADA Art Fair, courtesy of Hionas Gallery, Booth #710

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Dallas Art Fair 2014


Dallas Art Fair, April 10 - 13, 2014

This is the newest hard-edge painting #147 also at the Dallas Art Fair.

Dallas Art Fair - http://dallasartfair.com/

Dallas Art Fair 2014


Dallas Art Fair, April 10 - 13, 2014

My hard-edge painting #146 on view at the Dallas Art Fair courtesy of Hionas Gallery. In the process of making similar new work for the NADA Art Fair opening next month. Excited!

Dallas Art Fair - http://dallasartfair.com/





Monday, April 7, 2014







Installation View - MLB Fan Cave Art Gallery

These are installation pics of my work at the MLB Fan Cave Art Gallery in NYC. Had a great time at the opening reception. The work will be on view through May 8th. 



Monday, August 5, 2013

Rochester Contemporary Art Center








State of the City: Street-ish, August 1 - September 28th, 2013

Images of my work in "State of the City: Street-ish" @ the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York.