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United States
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 36 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
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The Daddy Looks Like a Still Life was born after Palette Baby to the Daddy was finished. I was caught by the color combinations and shapes to the point I wanted to explore them deeper, longer and bigger. Baby to the Daddy started as a palette on my table; for my palettes I use premium grade gallery wrapped canvases. I use them to mix colors, try colors etc. I use canvas as a palette so I'm never wasting paint; I am able to freely put down paint that becomes the basis for a future composition/painting. As the painting develops, I keep in mind the modern art idea that the medium itself (paint, charcoal, graphite,etc.) has an equal voice as the drawing/composition in telling the story on canvas. The lines, the drips, the thick and thin paint, the runs are all part of the conversation. I agree with Barnett Newman that its the content that attracts and keeps the viewer engaged. My goal is to turn my palettes into finished paintings with captivating content. Artists whose work I had in mind as I was working on "Daddy" include; Diebenkorn, Hoffman, Motherwell, Still, Hartigan, Newman.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:United States.
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I love art. I love making art. I love building. I look at art everyday even if I don't have time to make it. I love painting; I love drawing and mark making, print making, and construction. I love layers. I live for pentimenti. I love art history. Like Matthew in the Bible traces the genealogy of Jesus back to the beginning of man, I trace my "lineage" of art back to Manet, Monet and Cezanne. Van Gogh. Matisse. Mondrian and Kandinsky. de Stael. Motherwell, Newman and Hoffman. Rothko, Kline and Pollock. Hopper and Avery. Diebenkorn. Johns. Stella. Dunlap. Reedy. Gusterson, Simons, Burridge and Brown. I have their pictures and quotes on my studio walls. I hope I would make them proud and make art worthy of their influences. For me and my journey, it is very important to know and understand the who, what, when, why, and how these Modern Art Masters created. My personal, intimate experience of mixing colors, stretching canvases, framing prints, holding brushes, or charcoal, or graphite, or scissors is built upon my passion for the Modern Masters and my teacher/mentors. The foundation they laid for me is at the core of my language/ style/ approach to making art. Like Motherwell stated, I work in series because a good thought usually cannot be communicated in just one picture. Artists need a language. Artists build our own language- one mark, one painting at a time. Contemporary. Direct and reactive, spontaneous- yet- intentional. Overlapping and over-painting. Heavy-handed and manly describes my artistic personality. My style and application of my mediums (acrylics, oils, inks, graphite, collage, charcoal, watercolor) is more like a framing carpenter than a master furniture maker. I always build in layers of medium. Under-painting, mark-making, paint, sometimes collage, sometimes mono printing. More paint, more marks and so on.
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