Wednesday, January 30, 2008

jonathan anderson.



(Excavation, 2006, Oil on canvas, 51 ½” x 45”)

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The work of the painters I have been literally dreaming about (primarily: Pat Steir, Jennifer Bartlett, Kerry James Marshall) have led me full circle back to Jon Anderson. Things I am in love with: the use of simple, simple!, brushwork to create strange and layered spaces, color relationships, a lack of blatant signifiers-meaning seems deeply embodied in the paint itself.

As I head to my pitiful studio, coffee in hand...

1 comment:

Libby said...

You, my dear, are beautiful and talented and amazing! Be encouraged by people like Jon, and know that there is no such thing as a pitiful Elly studio. Yay!