I want to put down some thoughts about the paintings I've been working on lately. Since June, 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I've been working on a series of paintings I'm calling "spacescapes" (until I think of something better).
Beginning with "Polka Dot Asteroid Field," and with the most recent painting being "Dodechahedron in Pixellated Space" (as of February 10, 2022), there are seven "full-sized" canvases so far, with a handful of studies on smaller canvases and paper. This is perhaps the most sustained series of visual works I've ever produced--though it incorporates some design elements that have been present in my paintings for years, namely the confetti-like, multicoloured "polka dots" (circles) and "pixellizations" (squares)--and I feel it may be the beginning of truly sustained project, if not a signature style.
More thoughts to come.
"Ruby Icosahedron in Pixellated Space"
24" x 24", acrylic and canvas, 2022.
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"Blue Tesseract in Pixellated Space" 24" x 30", acrylic and canvas, 2022.
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"Dodechahedron in Pixellated Space" 30" x 24", acrylic and canvas, 2022. |
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"Radioactive Monolith in Pixellated Space" 24" x 30", acrylic and canvas, 2022. |
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"Negative Space with Polka Dot Asteroids" 24" x 30", acrylic and canvas, 2021.
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"The Pillars of Creation with Polka Dot Asteroids" 36" x 24", acrylic on canvas, 2021.
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"Black Hole with Polka Dot Asteroids" 24" x 30", acrylic and canvas, 2021.
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"Polka Dot Asteroids in the Vicinity of Planet X" 30" x 24", acrylic on canvas, 2021.
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"Polka Dot Asteroid Field" 24" x 30", acrylic and canvas, 2021. |