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“Absolute: Opinion” Painting Debuts

New! “Absolute : Opinion” Painting

By Daric Gill

Sketching usually comes first for me. Hours are spent drawing out different ideas and different scenarios regarding how the next pieces should look. Then I select the appropriate piece of wood from my library to use as the canvas if you will. I enjoy this process and am generally pretty good at getting out my ideas this way. Occasionally, a piece of wood will come across my table saw and I’ll know that it’s the starting point instead. This time, the wood panel came first.

After a few days of ideation and not coming up with anything, I realized that I was drawing out plenty of stellar future paintings… but I couldn’t quite figure out this piece. And you know what, that’s not a bad thing. Read on to learn why.

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New Haven, CT Welcomes “Absolute” Paintings.

“Absolute” Paintings At The Reynolds Fine Art Gallery, CT

Absolute: Torn
Absolute: Torn: oil on panel. 15 1/2″ x 18 1/8″. 5.24.11.

Four of the “Absolute” paintings have recently been shipped off to the Reynolds Fine Art Gallery located in the beautiful city of New Haven, CT. “The Art of Trompe L’oeil” is an exhibition of artwork that creates illusions of three-dimensionality with two-dimensional space. The gallery is just a short walking distance from the prestigious Yale University, the New Haven Green, and the New Haven Harbor. Read on for more information.

Show Dates: March 31st – April 30th

Reception: April 4th, 5-8pm

“Absolutes & Complements” At Schnormeier Gallery

Press Release For February Show

I’m pleased to announce that the “Absolutes & Complements” suite of paintings will be at the Schnormeier Gallery this month. With over 20 paintings in this exhibition, this marks the largest selection of the “Absolute” suite ever amassed into one show. Among the work on display will be the debut of “Absolute: Pitch”, the largest private piece I’ve ever created. Visitors will also get to see the fun and whimsical work of Craig Hill in an adjacent gallery room. For more information, continue reading.

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New! “Absolute: Time”

It’s About Time

Ladies & Gentlemen: I give you, “Absolute: Time”.

The aim of this piece is to explore how time can be mysterious by nature. The background tones gradient from dark at the bottom to lighter in the center of the painting. The thread fades into nothingness as it leads to nowhere. The pendulum that is created sits atop a weathered linear piece of paper, a timeline for the sway of the cherry weight. The cherry is an enticing mass, juicy and red. Continue reading for more information.

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