Scribble Book - works in progress

Blue Color Study

Acrylic on wood panel

12" x 12"

Blue Color Study

Acrylic on wood panel

12" x 12"

Stripes (Blue-Green) I

"Cantaloupe Island"

Acrylic on wood panel

24" x 24"

Detail of Cantaloupe Island

Acrylic on wood panel

24" x 24"

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Nicholas Tarkhoff

One of my favorite paintings.

Figures on a Park Bench

Nicholas Tarkhoff, undated.

13 3/8" x 14 5/8", oil on wood panel.

Paul Behnke Interview

There is a fantastic interview with artist, Paul Behnke, on Gorky's Granddaughter blog.

It becomes very clear that Behnke absolutely LOVES painting, and he has a great sense of humor.

Click HERE for the video interview with Zach and Chris of Gorky's Granddaughter.

You can learn more on Paul Behnke's work on his blog, structureandimagery.blogspot.com

Photo: Richard Walker.

James Bishop

Images from a recent exhibition of work by James Bishop at David Zwirner spanning over fifty years.

I really enjoy the simplicity and depth of Bishop's paintings.

For an interview with the artist on The Brooklyn Rail, click HERE.

All photos below courtesy of David Zwirner.

Having

Oil on canvas, 1970

77" x 77"

Early

Oil on canvas, 1967

76 5/8" 76 1/2"

Avant le Jour

Oil on canvas, 1986

66" x 68"

Untitled

Oil on canvas, 1980

76 5/8" 76 5/8"

Other Colors

Oil on canvas, 1965

76 3/4" 76 3/4"

Untitled

Oil on canvas, 1967

32" 39 1/2"

Installation views at David Zwirner:

All photos courtesy of David Zwirner.

Tony DeLap

Tony DeLap has been making architectural paintings and objects for over fifty years. He currently has an exhibit at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art in Santa Fe, Tony DeLap: Selected Works from Fifty Years of Making Art.

A great review of the exhibit and clear insight into DeLap's work can be found HERE on Pasatiempo.

More of Tony DeLap's work can be found HERE on his website.

Exhibition view.

Photo: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

Exhibition view.

Photo: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

 Exhibition view.

Photo: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

Exhibition view.

Photo: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

“I find that drawing is a way for me to find out about things I wanted to pursue in a different medium, whether it be painting on a larger scale or sculpture. There’s an excitement about working things out on paper, and it would sometimes surprise me. The surprise always hooks you, because you’re always hoping it will come around again.” - Tony DeLap.

Untitled

pencil, collage on paper, 1989

16" x 12"

Slightly Cross

Acrylic on linen, 2013

58" x 60"

Zelo

Acrylic on linen, aluminum, 2013

15" x 15"

Nothing To Hide

Acrylic on linen, aluminum, 2013

15" x 15"

Albaka

26" x 24" x 2.75", 2002

Acrylic on aluminum, wood

Red

Acrylic on aluminum, 2008

8" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Tony DeLap

Photo: Tony DeLap

Tony DeLap

Photo: Tony DeLap

Ruth Pastine - Mind's Eye, Sense Certainty Series

Brian Gross Fine Art is exhibiting a new series from Ruth Pastine.

There are six canvases in the show; three blue and three red.

Her canvases have a very deep bevel and project from the wall

four or five inches. This causes the color planes to appear to float off of the wall.

The blue series has subtle vertical gradients with a range of blue intensities.

All of the paintings optically vibrate - especially the largest in

the series, Blue Orange (Violet Blue Deep), 60" x 60".

Blue Orange (Blue Deep)

Oil on canvas, 2014

48" x 48"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

Blue Orange (Blue Violet)

Oil on canvas, 2014

48" x 48"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

Blue Orange (Violet Blue Deep)

Oil on canvas, 2014

60" x 60"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

The red series is quite intense and almost electric under the

gallery lights. Subtle gradients of color are again at play with the bands

of violet fading off into infinity.

Red Green (Magenta Violet)

Oil on canvas, 2014

48" x 48"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

Red Green (Red Magenta)

Oil on canvas, 2014

48" x 48"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

Red Green (Red Magenta)

Oil on canvas, 2014

60" x 32"

(Photo from Brian Gross Fine Art)

Leon Polk Smith

Leon Polk Smith was born in Oklahoma before it became a state. 

His parents were early settlers in "Indian Territory".

Somewhere along the way he picked up a paint brush,

and discovered Mondrian. 

For more information, interviews and fabulous images of his work
CLICK HERE for the Leon Polk Smith Foundation.

INTERVIEW by Addison Parks, 1982
found on Artdeal Magazine.

Correspondence Green - Orange

Oil on canvas, 1963

50" x 40.5"

Much of his work looks startlingly similar to Ellsworth Kelly's. 

Seems strange to me that he isn't more famous.

Grey Columns

Oil on canvas, 1947

72" x 48"

Expanse

Oil on canvas, 1959

68.5" x 74"

Yonder Orange

Oil on canvas, 1990

78" x 120"

Untitled
Paint on canvasette, 1956
20" x 16"

Yellow Green

Acrylic on canvas, 1980

64.5" x 90"

Untitled

Papare collage on paper, 1980

20" x 18"

Yonder Purple

Acrylic on canvas, 1990

90" x 60"

LINK to, The Dynamics of Diagonal and Space, by Addison Parks,
August 1, 1994 in the Christian Science Monitor
and Artdeal Magazine.

Link to the Leon Polk Smith Foundation website