Jason Astorquia

Sidhe IV, Abstract Painting

2018

Artist Comments
Part of his Heaven and Earth series, artist Jason Astorquia displays the outer realms and sacred elements. Dark blues and bright turquoise merge with umber, green, and in-between hues. Painting from up close and a distance, Jason explores the connection with the wholeness of existence evolving as dreams of the ancient ones speak of liminal spaces, calling for a memory and a vision of the future at once. An invitation to a union of apparent opposites to unlock forgotten keys and doors.

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, acrlylicpaint, gradient, community, abstract, non-representational, acrylic painting, grey

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

2018
26 in. h x 38 in. w x 1.5 in. d
8 lbs. 0 oz.