Until Thy Grand Betrayal Painting

The third painting in the poem series Yearn, Until Thy Grand Betray asks what does it mean to be betrayed by want. Does it mean satisfaction, or a loss of purpose? In this piece I both delved further back into traditional painting and formalism using line and perspective to create tension by means of unfulfilling visual expectations, and by exploring new chance-based processes in which the painting informs its own image reflecting a sense of will or want of the painting itself. The conclusion to the conflicts proposed visually and conceptually is to find satisfaction in having insatiable purpose. I made multiple references to betrayal that are not obvious within the painting or narrative itself. Using a linoleum print to talk about painting by purposefully misprinting the black I was taking a new step in my professional career by introducing a media I usually relate to control and using it in a chance based way. Secondly, the set of three pieces included an empty podium entitled "A Gift" drawing attention to the space in which the viewer experiences the pieces. As the poem hints at Art having life, the final piece betrays that mysticism in forcing the audience to be self conscious of their experience. Thus, after the end of the series, artifacts of Art read more as props to its true, fleeting, metaphysical self. Yearn I Love Your War Until Thy Grand Betrayal A Gift. Yearn: a poem of sculptural paintings to inform a discussion concerning ‘want’ and its role in existential philosophy and modern perception. Each began with a preliminary sketch, but ultimately are products of the evolving discussion between myself and each work as I react to it throughout its process until it reaches (what I would describe as) a soul. Although maintaining some formalism, the series expressively uses multimedia and collage. Processes symbolic of chance and control, expressive gesture and precise intent, interact as and with illusionistic form; the life and history of each piece mapped out in its image. Assumptions made out of general perception (such as perspective and weight) are denied belief, suspending the viewer in a tense yet saturated psycho-emotional state. These paintings vie to be viewed as both an object and an image. This is metaphoric of not only the tidal relationship between our own perceived and physical identities, but expressing the desire of the art itself to manifest and interact with us and our world. *note that because this piece uses many layers and reflective paint, its illusionistic image changes with lighting and perspective.

Painting:Oil on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36 W x 48 H x 2 D in

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