Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
SOLD in March 2018 to a private collector in Kansas
Tag: post-minimalism
Past Your Prime (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
From the series “Every Day’s a Birthday”
SOLD in July 2018 to a private collector in Wisconsin
Si! (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 inches
SOLD in April 2017 to a private collector in Kansas
Responsive painting inspired by a live performance of Si!, a composition for tuba and live electronics composed by Karlheinz Essl; performed at Cider Gallery in Lawrence, KS on April 25, 2017 by Brett Keating and University of Kansas Prof. Bryan Kip Haaheim (North American Premiere).
This piece was one of seven spontaneously-produced paintings as I listened to Brett perform six separate electro-acoustic music compositions for trombone, euphonium and live electronics.
Here’s a video of Essl performing Si! in Innsbruck, Austria on November 29, 2015:
2017 – Wind Shadows
“Wind Shadows” was a multi-media, contemporary classical performance at Cider Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 25, 2017.
Composer and performer Brett Keating played an original electro/acoustic euphonium piece along with works by Alvin Lucier, Karleinz Essl, Stijn Govaere, Forrest Pierce, and Gianinto Scelsi. As Keating performed, I spontaneously painted in response to the music and produced a painting for each piece. Using the duration of each piece as the only parameter for each painting, some turned out better than others. The two highlights were the following pieces:
Si!
Responsive painting to a performance of Si!,
a composition for tuba and live electronics composed by Karlheinz Essl.
Wind Shadows
Responsive painting inspired by a live performance of Wind Shadows,
a composition for trombone and closely tuned oscillators composed by Alvin Lucier.
The Way (2016)
House paint on plywood board
24 x 48 inches
I followed the grain and allowed the wood to dictate the composition of this painting as an exercise in wu-wei.
Synapse (2015)
House paint and ink on canvas
36 x 12 inches
Aviary (2015)
House paint on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Sold in March 2015 to a private collector in Kansas.
Practicing Eternity (2015)
House paint on canvas
36 x 36 inches
Seeing into darkness is clarity.
Knowing how to yield is strength.
Use your own light
and return to the source of light.
This is called practicing eternity.
– Tao Te Ching, 52 (Mitchell, 1988)
This piece has evolved into “Temporary Vehicle” (2018)
The Subtle Perception of the Way Things Are (2015)
House paint on canvas /
30 x 40 inches
If you want to shrink something,
you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
of the way things are.
– Tao Te Ching, 36 (Mitchell, 1988)
On display in our home:
Christian Williams 