CMYK NYC is the culmination of an energy that was building inside of me for a few weeks.  When I started this painting I was incredibly inspired to paint at this scale and ready to bridge together several ideas i’ve been working on.

CMYK NYC is in my painting exhibition at RL Fine Arts that is open until November 12th, 2011, in New York City.

For the process video I was lucky enough to work with multi-faceted grammy award winning artist Tony Black of Tony Black Productions & Orange Key.  He wrote, performed, and produced “if i told you” – (The Ari Mix), while referencing the process video for inspiration.  I feel this song intensifies the richness of the viewing experience by literally expressing a musical quality of the abstract painting.  Because he did such an amazing job I am going to let the music and the video do most of the talking.

Lets take a look…

It starts with a white acrylic ground on cotton

I was working a lot with pink and black leading up to this painting, so I started with them.

Turning the organic more geometric.

Back to organic, perhaps utilitarian.

The entire space has been commented on and all of the colors are now present, CMYK.

Opening the space on the left, and closing it on the right.

It’s getting lighter in color and atmosphere.

Archetecture changes the way we live by altering our spatial awareness.

I was considering this state the final piece.  It has the feeling of NYC, but it was too literal.

By altering landscape references, I change the feeling of gravity.  The relationship of one form to another becomes more informative.

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You can see this painting right now at RL Fine Arts in Chelsea, see below for directions and images of the other works in the show.

Click here to preview the other paintings from my solo exhibition, “Windows of Self,” at RL Fine Arts Gallery until November 12th

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RL Fine Arts
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