Secret Garden
Acrylic on linen shaped panel, 14.25x23.25x2.75, 2020
About this work
Secret Garden is one of the works included in my recent exhibition, “Spatium”. Click the video below to see my grand tour of the show. I’ve divided the video into chapters for each individual piece in the show, and I begin discussing Secret Garden around the 26:00 mark. You can click in the timeline to skip ahead to that chapter.
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Acrylic on linen over shaped panel, 2020. Dimensions vary simultaneously in height and width across the work. Maximum dimensions (HxWxD): 14x24X3”.
About this work: I drew inspiration for this work from the garden that my partner and I have growing in our back yard. I also drew inspriation from 17th century Flemish genre paintings, specifically the work of one of my favorite artists, Rachel Roysch. As an homage to flower paintings, this work is a romantic protest against those who would decry the pursuit of beauty in art. It’s also an exploration of the golden ratio, as I used the Fibonacci sequence in the composition of this work.
Secret Garden was painted on linen adhered to a shaped art panel of my own design and construction. I used only professional-quality acrylic paints with excellent lightfastness ratings in the creation of this work, and varnished it to further ensure that it retains its color, vibrancy, and iridescence for centuries. This work is signed, titled, and dated on the back. This work is wired on the back as well and is ready to hang. No framing is necessary, as the composition extends to the sides of the work and is integral to its presentation.
This work is shipped in a custom archival storage box of my own design.
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