Don Christensen

Don Christensen / Tumble / 77" x 55" / 2007/ www.donchristensen.com

The composition, color, and drawing that is integral to my paintings are ususally a representation of something I’ve seen before in our world or in my dreams. It can be quite simple, the color of a pedestian’s coat moving by the large gaudy commercial graphics on the side of a truck as it turns into the late afternoon light. It could be the color scheme of a Matisse painting or the pakaging of some candybar. Nothing is sacred and nothing is too prosaic. Whether using found materials or painting directly onto canvas I am firmly in the tradition of pictoral art. The rectangle on the wall is an old traditional, formal device and it still works. It is television, movies, photographs and painting. {Read more…}

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