“A diorama made of paper boxes and cardboard. The colors are invented, and the shallow walls around me summarized by dark space. The beige has a light touch and the paper is wrinkling (literally).I felt restrained. In stubborn contemplation without a subject. I moved to Japan three months later.”

Paper Still Life in Work Space, Minneapolis Minnesota
08.2025 (frame), 11.2016 (artwork)
11 x 9.25 x 1 in. (frame), 5 × 7.25 in. (artwork)
oil colors, acrylic, paper, fiberboard, museum board, veneer plywood, epoxy, polyurethane

Frames are hand-fabricated by the artist

Series 5
David Eli Tompkins