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Gesture Fields
I recently had the itch to do some gestural abstraction- which is something that i've done much of in the past. It starts with a personal calligraphy, a set of marks which form a visual phrase. It is as much about the space between the marks as the nature of the marks themselves. Through a process of layering my calligraphy and attempting to fit gesture within gesture, a field is built up which is simultaneously flat and voluminous. 
36 x 24 inches
36 x 24 inches
17 x 14 inches each
I have to admit that it could easily fall into the category of an 'art by the yard' process.
36 x 24 inches
36 x 24 inches
17 x 14 inches each
2 comments:
Interesting....reminds me of the ol' Buddhist practice of looking at and describing the tree as the space between the leaves....
Ben,
I just posted a blog entry that made had me thinking of you - and of a time in our past when your paintings like these were an inspiration to me.
It was a nice coincidence to drop by your blog and see that these gestures, these spaces between what is there are (still) part of your painting vocabulary.
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