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Barrister Painting

Ken Herren

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 40 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

On an otherwise ordinary day, a semitrailer carrying hundreds of 5 gallon cans of paint lost its load on my neighborhood street. As a child, the whole scene: its array of color, sticky texture, and fragrance was beyond my wildest imagination. When the city heard about the incident, dump trucks full of sand converged onto our city street. Heralded by adult prudence to “reduce property damage,” workers heaped sand onto the larger than life abstract painting. In those moments, when their actions were deliberately altering my vista of pleasure, I felt my first pangs of life’s constraints. As is the case in life, things fell into a new normal, and mine was now defined by a crusty, rough-hewn surface that simply covered up vestiges of that fateful day. Over time, I came to appreciate the little peeks into the colorful swirls of paint that had captured my childlike wonder, lending a new perspective on finding emerging possibilities. When creating this collection of work, I start with a gestural, expressive and uniquely colorful underpainting. This part of the process brings me back to the childlike joy and distinct sense of being present and vitally aware. The acrylic infused pumice is then layered on, once again emulating the process of covering, concealing, leaving only a seductive peek hole into what once was, and what still could be.

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Painting:

Acrylic on Canvas

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

40 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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People ask where I get my inspiration for my paintings. When I was a kid, living in a dusty farm town in California, I watched a tractor-trailer carrying hundreds of 5 gallon paint cans lose its load right in front of my house. A million gushing containers of paint exploded before my eyes. The cracked and traffic worn pavement became an abstract painting that continues to influence my work to this day. As the little town grew up around "my painting", I sadly watched the decay that suburbia and 'progress' imposed on it, swearing that someday I would recreate the wonderment of that day when God rained paint on my street!

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Showed at the The Other Art Fair

Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in Dallas, Dallas

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