Stem #204 Jo Hummel building up to 20 coats

building up to 20 coats of very thin matt paint to achieve the same saturation as her previous works with raw acrylic pigments

While working on this project the artist is reminded of Josef Albers' statement: "There is a profound harmony in the immeasurable spectrum of color

Moschini’s work depends on process: unprimed

transposing a specific landscape to a new location

“pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes

Stem #204 Jo Hummel building up to 20 coatsCritics have connected Baribeau to a range of aesthetic positions, including everything from Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art to the 19th century Hudson River School, and compared him variously to the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, and Willem de Kooning. In truth, Baribeau employs a distinctive aesthetic voice that is personal and instantly recognizable, despite its multiplicity. His visual world is one where primordial,