florescent white
"A work of art is never finished. It is simply abandoned.
The trick is knowing when to abandon it."
oil on canvas. painted in the aftermath of a relational conflict. retreated to the studio and cranked up some old school linkin park. the result? fastest beginning-to-end painting I have ever done (1 hr from start to fully cleaned up), experimentation with painting tools & techniques, one of my favorite works to date.
oil on canvas. object-ground exercise. painting class at portland community college.
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charcoal on newsprint figure drawing, University of Pennsylvania
oil on canvas. painted in the aftermath of a relational conflict. retreated to the studio and cranked up some old school linkin park. the result? fastest beginning-to-end painting I have ever done (1 hr from start to fully cleaned up), experimentation with painting tools & techniques, one of my favorite works to date.
finished [abandoned] works
Some of the best wisdom about art that I have been given came from two instructors I was blessed to learn from while at the University of Pennsylvania. One of them is responsible for the quote above, though I do not know if it was from him or quoting someone else. This gallery is focused on works which I consider to have been abandoned at or near the right moment.