Chris Martin
Tree
26.5 x 18 inches
Signed edition of 35
Best known for his large, glitter-saturated paintings, Chris Martin’s practice is based in automatic drawing, which he uses as a mode for uninhibited experimentation. "On some level, I am always a landscape painter," Martin says," Even when I make what other people see as more severe abstract paintings, for me, the presence of a horizon line or line at the bottom establishes a ground and basic landscape orientation." Martin created 1234... and Tree with quick, expressive brushstrokes, allowing the paint to drip and splash as if the image was in motion. Citing Buddhism, Abstract Expressionism, and his background in art therapy as influences, Martin creates effervescent work that Artforum has called "akin to sunshine".
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