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Reticulation 1+4 Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Wood
Size: 49 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
Ships in a Crate
About The Artwork
Reticulation 1+4 is a diptych consisting of two carved acrylic paintings on unframed wood panels, wired and ready to hang. The edges of the panels are painted white with an eggshell finish. The design works best when the panels are hung approximately 1 inch apart. For me, making art is about dipping into my reservoir of motifs and techniques, refining them, discovering new ones, and then combining the old and new in fresh ways. The Reticulation paintings continue that approach. I created these paintings by repeatedly adding and removing acrylic paint – alternately spackling, stamping, spattering, and dripping, then sanding, carving, scratching, scraping to create a rich interplay of textures. The surface richness is visual as well as tactile. I want every element to invite a second look, and a third, and a fourth. The layers of spatters, drips, stamps, and carvings in Reticulation create a netted, interwoven (i.e., reticulated) pattern over the whole surface, without dominant focal points or stark contrasts. Viewers have described the imagery as branches, blood vessels, nerves, and fragments. The Reticulation paintings are not fully modular (as is the earlier Reservoir series, also available here on saatchiart.com), but their elements connect in at least two different ways: all of the carved circles will connect in one arrangement; in another, all of the branch/vein forms will connect. Purple and yellow are the dominant colors in Reticulation 1+4, with accents of green, violet, and red-orange. The yellow and purple panels provide a pleasing warm/cool contrast. The larger circles and thin parallel lines are carved into the painted acrylic surface. Each piece is also available separately, or combined with the other two Reticulation paintings for a single four-panel piece.
Details & Dimensions
Multi-paneled Painting:Acrylic on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:49 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
Number of Panels:2
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Shipping & Returns
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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United States
Intricate labor-intensive techniques have always drawn me like a magnet, from my earliest endeavors in cut paper, collage, and realistic oil painting to my current work in acrylic and wax pastel. In graduate school I began the work with layered acrylic paint which has evolved into my carved acrylic paintings. Those highly textured pieces, in turn, spawned the next generation of work in which I use wax pastels to create rubbings on polypropylene sheets (Yupo). The rubbings are made from the surfaces of my paintings additional created textures. I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. From there, in pursuit of education, employment, and adventure, I found my way to all fifty United States as well as Israel, Palestine, Canada, and Italy. Raleigh, NC, has been my home since 2004.
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