BRIAN CARAWAY

Plus Necessary Additives

Making art to blow people’s minds, one mind at a time. Attracted to rhythms in pattern and design I play with the subtleties of perception. Something that does not jump right out and grab you, but one that takes a few times of viewing to notice. I am constantly searching for compositions that test the limitations of vision by shaping frequencies of pattern and space with color contrast and saturation. My means are color and line; my end is to create a vibration in your brain.

I have an affinity for systems of repetition. Although, I am not solely held in that framework; many of my marks are completely random--compositions built on intuition. The marks I make, however mechanical they appear, carry a natural wabi-sabi—perfectly imperfect, if you will. Successful pieces are a harmonious manifestation of my color sensibility—being a product of the 80’s—and a dialog that I am dreaming up between my vision, and the visual pioneers of the 50’s and 60’s. It is the subtle phenomenon that I am after. Allowing color to reverberate, like sound, creating two, or three colors where only one physically exists.

This work comes from, and hopefully alludes to, a certain state of mind. Like loosing your sense of scale when standing amongst tall trees, gazing upwards. Like staring at the sun, but not quite as dangerous. Like jumping into the water at the center of a lake, with no chance of ever touching bottom.

DAVID ALLAN PETERS

“My paintings are a collection of time captured in each layer. The process is an automatic response of my entering the studio and painting, evolving one layer after the next. To accentuate the physical attributes of the medium, I use cuts and scrapes as gestures unlike the traditional use of painterly marks: brushstrokes, drips and splatters.” –David Allan Peters

Los Angeles based artist, David Allan Peters, layers countless sheathes of solid colors which he then carves into, leaving small craters that bring into view the stratified sub- surfaces. In some cases he creates deceptively simple, minimal works with a vigorously sanded final application in white, silver or black. These pieces are then carefully excavated to expose little implosions of color.

Other pieces contain a baroque-like energy of hundreds and hundreds of tiny cuts. These works, at first, give the impression of a frenetic, expressionistic approach, but upon deeper consideration, Peters’ rigorous and painstaking practice in precision and perfection is revealed.

As Peters forms his pieces, the boundary between sculpture and painting is examined and dissolved as he recognizes potential in the by-products of each successive step. Discarded paint is then incorporated back into the pieces or amassed into amorphous sculptures that imply crystal- like compositions, once again alluding to the passage of time.

Brian Caraway Resume.pdf

David Allan Peters Resume.pdf