McGarren FlackFirm and Flat, Oil Painting2019
2019
About the Item
Artist Comments
A worn brick sits dramatically in the middle of an abstracted space. Rendered in detailed layers of coral, brown, blue, turquoise, white, and yellow. "I found this brick in a pile outside my home," says artist McGarren Flack, "and I wanted to capture it as a portrait, rather than as a still life."
About the Artist
Utah-based artist McGarren Flack captures everyday moments of human vulnerability through painterly realism. His career as a paramedic brings him face-to-face with people at their most helpless moments, which inspired him to contemplate the nature of being vulnerable. Whether sitting alone in a cafe or unknowingly dropping a possession on the street, the human condition is always subject to powerlessness. “It is important for me to share these scenes because I believe it will help the viewer connect to humanity,” says McGarren. “There is no escaping the feeling of vulnerability; it is blind to skin color, social status, and age.”
Words that describe this painting: still life, brick, rock, textured, conceptual, still life, realism, representational, oil painting, brown
Firm and Flat
McGarren Flack
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2019
16 in. h x 20 in. w x .5 in. d
1 lbs. 2 oz.
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- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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- Condition:Firm and Flat. McGarren Flack. Oil painting on stretched linen. Finished edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
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