ve•hi•cle series
vehicle: • a thing used in transport • a thing used to express, embody, or fulfill • the figurative language used in a metaphor • a substance that facilitates pigment or other material mixed with it • a machine usually with wheels
A year ago I returned to a one-off painting experiment made in 2000 titled ‘Vehicle’. It seemed to fulfill itself not only by embodying the seduction of paint, form, and reduction, but by dictating its own needs, limitations, possibilities --- and lastly, moving forward in a stop-action manner.
‘Vehicle’, 16” x 16”x 7”, encaustic on canvas, petina wood + paintbrush, 2000
'Helios', painting, 12" x 12" x 3", oil on linen and wood, 2026
'Phaeton' aka blockhead, painting, 12" x 12" x 3", oil on canvas and wood, brush, 2026
'untitled', painting, 12" x 12" x 3.5", oil on wood, plumb, canvas, copper tacks, 2026
'Pi', painting, 17" x 12.5" x 4.5", oil on canvas and wood, 2026
'A Point of View', painting, 18.5" x 18" x 2.5", oil on wood, 2026
'A Point of View', painting, quarter view, 18.5" x 18" x 2.5", oil on wood, 2026
'Another Point of View', painting, 9" x 16" x 2.5", oil on wood, 2026
'Another Point of View', painting, quarter view, 9" x 16" x 2.5", oil on wood, 2026
'Whiplash', painting, 21" x 11" x 4", oil on wood + brush 2026
'Whiplash', painting, quarter view, 21" x 11" x 4", oil on wood + brush 2026
'Stratagem', painting, quarter view, 24" x 17" x 6, oil on canvas + wood 2026
'Stratagem', painting, 24" x 17" x 6, oil on canvas + wood 2026
'Spare Ribs', painting, 7" x 25" x 4, oil + oil paint fragments on wood, palette knife, hook up wire, 2026
'Spare Ribs', painting, quarter view, 7" x 25" x 4, oil + oil paint fragments on wood, palette knife, hook up wire, 2026
'Up', painting, 9" x 28" x 4.5", oil on wood + brush, 2026
'Up', painting, quarter view, 9" x 28" x 4.5", oil on wood + brush, 2026
'Vehicle' catalyst for series, 16" x 16" x 7", encaustic on canvas, petina wood, brush, 2000