Mark Rich

I paint because my father does. Using oil & wax, my pallet is an old glass tabletop. Empty tuna cans hold the wax on a hot plate. A torch for heating the brands that melt into the surface, hisses off to my left. From the pallet, to trowel, to brush... to canvas. Each time it’s this surprise, this step along the path. It is improvisation and sometimes random.

Abstract painting is a way of thinking, and there is no destination. Difficult work may be more important than resolved work because it keeps you moving. Churning through ideas until the layers are thick with experience and history.

Hartford Conservatory, CT
Pace University, NYC
School of Visual Arts, NYC

Queens Museaum, NYC
Forefront Gallery, Long Island City, NYC
301 Houston Street, NYC
PS 1, Long Island City, NYC
American School, Tangier Morocco
Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
Center Framing & Art, West Hartford, CT
Highland Studios, Manchester, CT
Artworks Gallery, 2008 Open Juried Show, Hartford, CT
Town & County Club Gallery, Hartford, CT
First Street Gallery, 521 W26th St., NYC
Westport Library, Westport, CT
Celeste LeWitt Gallery, Uconn Medical Center, Farmington CT
Chase Family Gallery, West Hartford, CT