Greg Siler

Forest- Light Cool Tone Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Paper

2021

Artist's statement: "Separate from the tar paintings I have been doing, I am creating a series of work in which I am channeling some of the things I have always loved about Cy Twombly along with qualities of a painting I saw in a local collection by a Cuban painter that I really admired and have thought about a lot since. Of course both share a graffiti quality; Twombly was the first to work with a sort of automatic drawing, beginning in the 1950s, and what he did opened up this new language for countless painters. You still see traces of it in so much contemporary art. Antoni Tapies has been a big influence on me as well, and you can see some of him in this work as well. I limited the color palette in this one as a sort of exercise in discipline, since it is easy to let color get away from you in a painting like this one. There are areas of three-dimensional paint that help flatten the picture plane and restrict the eye from reading depth into the painting; they function in the same way as Barnett Newman's 'zips' and Susan Rothenberg's lines across some of her horse images...

This is an original paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel artwork by Seth Clark measuring 48”h x 72”w. About the Collection // Continuing the artist's ongoin...

(Comes float-framed behind glass.) Artist's Statement: "I was working on my "Gridish" paintings (you can find them in a search on the term "Gridish" on this site) when I became fascinated with certain materials I was working with - a new type of super-flat, super-black paint; powdered graphite; and iron oxide pigment. I had a small canvas ready to go, and shifted my attention to concentrating on just one of the rectangular forms I had been using in the Gridish series, and applying these materials in a way that pleased me. That sort of industrial sheen on the surface of the rectangle is really beautiful to me. This was a second I made, on paper. Quite obviously the mood given off by these works is greatly different from the colorful Gridish paintings that spawned them. My daughter, studying design at RISD, said she found the pic I...

(Painted on thick gallery-wrapped professional canvas, ready to hang or be framed if you prefer. A video has been included to provide a dimensional view of the piece.) Artist's Stat...

Tim’s main concern within his work is exploring the colour field. Although vivid Tim’s works are invariably balanced, using a signature colour palette of extremely bright and intense...

Artist Commentary: A piece about the "stuff" we buy. What's it for? Is it worth it? How do we affect nature with these decisions? Shape shifts between resembling an old ship and a mo...

The Wilder Shore of Love is a paean to the south coast, the celebration of distance, natural power and shoreline. The colours reflect those one finds at the edges of city, where the...

This is a gestural painting that reflects an emotional response to world conditions. Sitting in a bothy thinking about things not usually considered, I found myself in the zone of ab...

This is a gestural painting that reflects an emotional response to world conditions. Sitting in a bothy thinking about things not usually considered, I found myself in the zone of ab...

This painting and 'Release' are pure abstracts, demonstrating the effects of different attitudes. Passion Waves reflects anticipation, liveliness, and happiness. It's a very active p...