Multiverse #20 (Framed Contemporary Abstract Multimedia Painting) Painting

Comes framed and ready to hang in black floater frame. Artist’s Statement: “These paintings are technically challenging, as they combine wax (encaustic), tar, oil, acrylic, powdered graphite and other media. They are painted on fiber panels that can actually be carved into, something canvas doesn't allow. I have shown and sold them mostly in New Orleans, but as I do with all my work I make some in the series available online so that others will have an opportunity to collect them and they will not all stay here in the city. There are now examples in fine collections in Madrid, London, Beirut and other places, which gratifies me." “Lyman’s work evolves restlessly, with the common elements generally being deft and unusual color choices that balance assonance and dissonance, and vestiges of the hand and facture purposely left in the paintings. The negative space is often so meticulously worked that it’s almost as if the objects – usually simple shapes – are there as much to complement the background as vice versa. Despite the often bold colors there is an elegance about his paintings that prevents them from being loud or decorative. " Artbeit Zeitschrift