Land, Water, Pipe, and Wire (2023) Painting by Kristopher Lionel
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
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Chalk
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Charcoal
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Collages
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 22.8in, Width 17in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $5,000 Abstract Landscape
'Land, Water, Pipe, and Wire' is informed by Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, (Surrealism in that I give the unconscious/subconscious mind considerable liberty while working and Abstract Expressionism in so much as the pieces are not rooted in, nor do they mirror, translate, or represent, objective reality). While 'Land, Water, Pipe, and Wire' is similar to the works in the ongoing series titled 'Veiled Surface Iterations' its composition is based on a reorganizing of the shapes found in the other 'Iterations' and therefore is a departure from the series. For the work 'Land, Water, Pipe, and Wire' I drew the initial sketches from sections of a piece titled 'Beat of the Dragonflies Wings (Surface 1)' then rearranged them into a collage, changing their original orientation before applying oils to create an entirely different composition of new "spaces" and visual movement.
Free from objective subject, I employ color, line, shape, material, and composition for aesthetic reasons, as “notes” struck in dynamic, gestural ways as well as quietly and reflectively played. These “notes” occupy visual spaces that are emotive and contemplative—internal, inward-looking spaces.
The works in the series 'Veiled Surface (Iterations)' and related offshoots, developed from another series called 'Surfaces'. Revisiting similar initial compositions through these iterations is a practice of seeing the familiar anew. Working with the same or similar lines and shapes enables me to examine the ways that mark (paint application) and color affect composition, mood, and meaning within the pieces. Through the application of various materials and techniques, each piece assumes a singular expression uniquely independent of other works in the series. While thinking about my approach to this series, I remembered a quote from William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" that speaks to the repetitive aspect of working through these Iterations, of looking intently on the known to find variance: "To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour."
Related themes
AbstractAbstract LandscapeAbstractionAbstract ExpressionismAbstract Art
Christopher Brown is a contemporary American artist. Brown's worldview has been softly but substantially inspired by nature, and as a result, his life and art have been guided by it. His creative process alternates between gazing outward and turning inward. Years of seeing and analyzing the causes and effects of the natural world's changes and decline have given him a clear awareness of the damage we've done and continue to do to the planet. His art serves both an outlet and an antidote for him (shifting between his allegorical, Happy War paintings and his abstract works).
Turning inward and immersing himself in Abstract Expressionism provides him with comfort. Exploring shape, color, and the repetition of line in his work, as well as parsing the layers and visual spaces in his art, is a mantra that frees him from the weight of the world. He began to view his abstract paintings as "music for the eyes", in which shape, color, and line are solely expressionistic notes occasionally blended with representational pictures that appear to be poetic lyrics.
Christopher Brown was born in the USA. Brown attended the art program at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, where he received his BFA. He then went on to Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he received his MFA.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1971
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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