Phases of an Image
“Playing off of what’s behind me,” says the painting, “I’m rearticulating the space and extending beyond my borders.”
oil on panel
96” x 33”
2013
Standards of scale are tested as reality is altered by subjects appearing under-sized. This painting harnesses the horizontal presence of structural beams above gallery walls by depicting the architecture but also by breaking the visual boundary of where it hangs—extending three feet beyond the wall it is mounted on.
Photo: PD Rearick