105PREVIEWblues—simple yet complex with the twists and turns
of the material. “Yarns are always enjoyable to paint
once you get past all the detail,” Russo says. “I have
a large bag of yarns that I have collected over the
years and every once in a while I like to dig them
out and see what happens. I think I painted my
first yarn painting eight years ago, and have made
three or four since, so there is a sense of going
back to something familiar. And since I paint them
infrequently, I always feel like I have to rediscover
how to do it, to some degree. Like any subject, I try
to find ways to express these things in a way that
is sympathetic to my manner of working and learn
a bit from each one to the next.”
Quintana has been exploring dual imagery and
parrallel spaces, which is why he’s incorporated
transparent hands in his untitled work for the
show. “The viewer may interpert the shadow
hands as a possible invader towards the female
character, but may also be a thing conjured up
by the subject,” he says.
12 x 12 in 12 will be on view throughout the
month of December.1
Carlo Russo, Cool Yarns,
oil on panel, 12 x 12"
2
Johannes Wessmark,
Ripples, oil and acrylic
on canvas, 12 x 12"
3
Michael Chapman,
Luminous Morning,
oil on canvas, 12 x 12"
4
Dan Quintana, Untitled,
oil on panel, 12 x 12"
5
Nicolás Uribe, Untitled,
oil on canvas, 12 x 12"
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