10-17-2022 (ONEMENT)

10-17-2022 (ONEMENT)

22 X 16 IN

Acrylic on Nylon on Painted wood Chassis.

This painting has been born out of my admiration of the paintings of Barnett Newman, especially the one he counts as his first painting of personal importance. 1948 had been a big year to him and I understand the importance of that moment very much. Once you have found the path for your Art, it's a very big thing in a Painters world, and to be able to have even gotten a video of him speaking about that moment is incredibly special. I have seen the film PAINTERS PAINTING more than you ever will, and that's not ego, that's just fact. Been seeing the film since around 99 and at one time I had been watching it just about everyday. So when I actually got to see the Newman room at the AB/EX show at MOMA, I was floored to be in the presence of these amazing paintings. They are so simple but that is only a deception. They all have much to do with the life of a painter and how one communes with God who is within and without. I just about cried openly that day, as I gazed upon Onement 1, my mind was filled with Newman's voice telling me about this painting, it was as if he was right there with me in that room and we were both in the process of getting to soak it up together. Since that day I have had even more respect for the man and his paintings. As you may know from some of the text I give for certain paintings on here, I like making paintings that are remembrances of moments in time. From the Cat that passed away one cold December night, to the painting connected to a photo of me and my Grandma from around 82-83. I utilize the colors of a moment and make a painting from that. This is one of those paintings. You can see the colors have a definite correlation to the original, at least as good as I can do without actually being in the presence of the original itself. So many websites have photos that just can't match the colors, but that's the way it is when a painter mixes their paint, you don't always get the exact pigment you began with. Anyway, here's the photos. Enjoy!