Just Strokes, Series 4

Description

Just Strokes, Series 4 Drawings

• 9 original drawings in the series
• prismacolor on archival drawing paper, 2011
• signed on front and reverse
• 8″ x 10″, unframed
• artwork ships in a protective sleeve and is flat-packed by hand to prevent folding and curling

Brushstroke stencils are for more than airbrushing. Each piece from this series of abstract, non-objective drawings is made from a hand-cut stencil based on a gestural oil paint stroke I made in the studio.

Stenciling is controlled and mechanical on the one hand, but each of these drawings is extremely hand-made: I painted the mark, cut the stencil, drew each layer of the drawing. For me, these Just Strokes, Series 4 Drawings are lighthearted pieces that play with constraint and freedom at the same time.

At a basic level, one of my favorite things about art is seeing how colors behave with each other. Layered colors, adjacent colors, I just love seeing the infinite effects they create. And, like a lot of my artwork from this time, it’s a celebration of the possibilities of abstract expressionsism!