Jamie Brunson

Reflection

2013

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in...

"Prizm Light" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition of plum purple and sky blue interrupted by strokes of magenta, deep red, and white....

"Kind of Blue" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition of cerulean and electric blues interrupted by expressive strokes of violet, indigo...

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain." --Thaddeus Radell