Jason Astorquia

Blaze, Abstract Painting

2022

Artist Comments
Artist Jason Astorquia displays a fiery abstraction of blazing red hues. The internal inferno reaches towards the external fires of creation and destruction in rich burnt oranges mixing with dark and light tones. Jason explores his creative spark, working with large palette knives to create textures in multiple layers. He paints contrasting shades in a focused color scheme to honor the flame that lives in us all.

About the Artist
Jason Astorquia recognizes that money is important to the way we think, act, and relate to one another. His “Impressions” series is made up of abstract paintings that are created using the impressions of pennies. Like the mark of consumption on society, Jason repetitively brands his canvases with the mark of physical money. There is a Pop Art element to the work in its bold primary colors, geometric sense of design, and conceptual meaning. His work is as close as you may get to hanging actual money on your wall, a concept that Andy Warhol introduced and played with in his own work. It is evident that there is a lot of planning and precision that goes into each piece. The compositions are like binary code, repeating forms in organized rows to create one large cluster of information. The work is very different up close and from far away. Viewed up close, you can see the layers of texture left by each impression. Each penny has left behind a variable amount of information and color, creating a surface full of uniform irregularities.

Words that describe this painting: abstract, nature, acrylicpaint, palette knife, abstract, acrylic painting, pink

Blaze
Jason Astorquia
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind

2022
36 in. h x 40 in. w x 1.5 in. d
8 lbs. 0 oz.