Joey Korom

Altar, Abstract Painting

2020

Artist Comments
"Ideas are rife with this collage and acrylic composition," says artist Joey Korom. "Its intentionally rough surface features the addition of paper, cardboard and used wax-faced palettes. The iconic image of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa adds whimsy. The number three is purely arbitrary but inserts circular forms into a decidedly orthogonal composition. Here yellow rules." The piece is framed in a hand-built oak hardwood frame that measures 2" in depth and .25" thick.

About the Artist
Joey Korom is an abstract expressionist painter who has been a practicing artist for 50 years. He experiments with media, colors, and textures to produce artwork that is “purely optical;” that is, artwork meant to engage the viewer, visually and emotionally, without employing any associations outside of the work itself. Joey is passionate about this expressive type of abstraction, an artistic mode that escapes the rules of perspective and realism. His educational and professional background is in architecture, which he considers to be “the father of all arts.” The use of line, shape, and proportion in Joey’s work is visibly influenced by his experience as an architect, but he seeks to avoid the rigidity involved in architectural draftsmanship. He focuses instead on underlying structure, seductive color, and loose brushwork. The artist sees his style as a personal liberation from the demands of architectural drawing, and yet, he’s never lost the disciplines he was taught.

Words that describe this painting: abstract expressionism, modern, de Kooning, Mona Lisa, abstract, non-representational, modern , mixed media artwork, yellow

Altar
Joey Korom
Acrylic paint, paper, cardboard on stretched canvas
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
30 in. h x 30 in. w x 2 in. d
11 lbs. 6 oz.