For the longest time I have been mostly working with vertical format compositions. I think this started with landscapes breaking the landscape format tradition, and trying to squeeze a wide view into a narrow space, requiring a few tricks and adjustments. The same happens with the architectural spaces. So to shake things up every so often I’ll go for horizontal format.
This painting was worked on during the strange election chaos of 2020-21. The large, looming wall with confounding grid makes the arrangement of furniture and rug seem small and somewhat helpless.
Despite the reaction to current events, the painting is a continuation of formal experiments with pace and perspective.
Interior Contemplating the Overwhelming, 2021
oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
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This painting was begun in 2011-12 and re-worked in 2021. I was interested in the steep oblique angles defining a corner of a room. In person, the space really shifts with the viewing angle, opening up and appearing to follow the viewer as they walk by.
The 2021 adjustments were a re-working of color and adding/adjusting/eliminating elements, while keeping the main angle.
Interior Corners with Shifting Fortunes, 2021
30 x 40 inches
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Interior with Beckoning Expanse., 2021
oil on canvas
28 x 22 inches
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Interior Contemplating Reflection, 2021
oil on canvas
28 x 22 inches
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