From here to still here
From here to still here
From here to still here
My name is David Eli Tompkins. I’m an artist based in New York City. My studio is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
I make large paintings on canvas and small paintings on paper. Observational processes and documentation inform my work. I paint scenes of intriguing spaces, which become somewhat flat, noiseless, and subdued.
I study cultural and social systems, communication, and American society. My subjects are generally architectural but can be narrative or abstract.
These small oil paintings, which I call postcard paintings are the most consistent format in my painting practice.
They're small, and until recently I made them as an exercise to keep the observational practice going and dig for new ideas.
But then I designed a new framing process based on my experiences working for a fine art framer.
I fabricate the frames myself, and I’m playing around to see how far I can go with these processes.
My name is David Eli Tompkins. I’m an artist based in New York City. My studio is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
I make large paintings on canvas and small paintings on paper. Observational processes and documentation inform my work. I paint scenes of intriguing spaces, which become somewhat flat, noiseless, and subdued.
I study cultural and social systems, communication, and American society. My subjects are generally architectural but can be narrative or abstract.
These small oil paintings, which I call postcard paintings are the most consistent format in my painting practice.
They're small, and until recently I made them as an exercise to keep the observational practice going and dig for new ideas.
But then I designed a new framing process based on my experiences working for a fine art framer.
I fabricate the frames myself, and I’m playing around to see how far I can go with these processes.
My name is David Eli Tompkins. I’m an artist based in New York City. My studio is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
I make large paintings on canvas and small paintings on paper. Observational processes and documentation inform my work. I paint scenes of intriguing spaces, which become somewhat flat, noiseless, and subdued.
I study cultural and social systems, communication, and American society. My subjects are generally architectural but can be narrative or abstract.
These small oil paintings, which I call postcard paintings are the most consistent format in my painting practice.
They're small, and until recently I made them as an exercise to keep the observational practice going and dig for new ideas.
But then I designed a new framing process based on my experiences working for a fine art framer.
I fabricate the frames myself, and I’m playing around to see how far I can go with these processes.
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I went to RISD
I made some art
Then I made failed projects and worked crappy jobs
Finally, I hired a business coach and got my shit together
Now maybe I've made something good
I'm actually quite good at art, you know
But do I make anything YOU like?
I will try
(With integrity, I make what I want)
Short Comment: what it is to be brief. A calm tone delivers a critical message.
A clear moment is more complex than all the hours of the day.
All painting is poetry, and a work of art must be descriptive.
The details that proliferate only through fewer words and a simpler message.
A gestalt that forms as the message is shortened.
I went to RISD
I made some art
Then I made failed projects and worked crappy jobs
Finally, I hired a business coach and got my shit together
Now maybe I've made something good
I'm actually quite good at art, you know
But do I make anything YOU like?
I will try
(With integrity, I make what I want)
Short Comment: what it is to be brief. A calm tone delivers a critical message.
A clear moment is more complex than all the hours of the day.
All painting is poetry, and a work of art must be descriptive.
The details that proliferate only through fewer words and a simpler message.
A gestalt that forms as the message is shortened.
I went to RISD
I made some art
Then I made failed projects and worked crappy jobs
Finally, I hired a business coach and got my shit together
Now maybe I've made something good
I'm actually quite good at art, you know
But do I make anything YOU like?
I will try
(With integrity, I make what I want)
Short Comment: what it is to be brief. A calm tone delivers a critical message.
A clear moment is more complex than all the hours of the day.
All painting is poetry, and a work of art must be descriptive.
The details that proliferate only through fewer words and a simpler message.
A gestalt that forms as the message is shortened.
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