Art
Too Far Not to Go by Alan Taylor Jeffries
- Item Number
- 201
- Sold
- 1046 USD to ea86597a5
- Number of Bids
- 10 - Bid History
Item Description
"Although I have had a lifelong interest in art, I only started to paint in 2008. I am self-taught. My work is influenced by traditional Abstract Expressionism and Neo-expressionism. I work primarily in oils. I agree with the critic who once said that a painting does not have to be "about" anything other than the process of its own creation. I am also guided by two quotes. The first is from Jean-Michel Basquiat: “I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work. I try to think about life.” The second is from Chuck Close: " Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work." I never begin with a plan or image in mind. I simply start applying paint to canvas until something interesting happens. Then that “something” suggests the next thing, and the next, and so on, until a kind of internal logic emerges which I then attempt to follow. I never know what the finished product will be, so I would characterize each painting as a visual record of the interplay between randomness and control. Sept. 2009—"Emerging Artists" group exhibition, Artworks Around Town, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Jan. 12-Feb. 25 2012—"Collective Conscious: Unified Planes" group exhibition, Gate Gallery, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England May 1-July 2 2013--"Dali Through the Window" group exhibition, Gallery J2, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA June 13-June 30 2014 "CONTRAST" group exhibition, The George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, USA December 10 2015, group exhibition, Contemporain Bankston/Adams Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Item Special Note
Donated by The George Gallery
Oil on canvas
48" x 36"
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