I painted this over an old print of Montmartre which is partially visible in the vase. This is a prime example of finding a frame and canvas (board) and going to it.
Author Archives: Evan Silberman
It is the thrill of new terrain. As I learned the Saguaro, tall cactus, are ancient fellows. Old growth.
This is another of my paintings with a question as a title. Questions are a pattern with me. Here I’m whispering about the acceptability of male conversation and what’s natural for males and their biologic selves. What is? And what are our patterns? What have we learned? Often for me it’s the sheer asking of questions that requires […]
This piece was painted the five days prior to 9/11. The frame came first in the creative process. In the culture of my heritage questions are powerful things, veritably the language of endeavor, and in some cases some questions are worth scribing. I judged this question as worthy. So I wrote it down. As for answers […]
This was done as a study for a math mid-term I was taking. I did well on the test but looking back on this piece I see the hoops and hilarity of the task. Never do I use this information. It is beauty as art and/or beauty as numbers…depending who’s looking.
This floral is definitely on stage, a performance piece, curtain and all. It’s adorned and has dimensional surface.
The thrill of being on the burner? Peace amidst heat? Endurance or natural disposition, this fellow is swimmingly fine with challenge.
I’ve called this piece many things – Woman Form, Universal Woman, and as it’s currently called here, Woman. In a way it’s a visual locking in of innumerable aspects.
These ten B&W boards were done consecutively and in one fell swoop. My right hand definitely needed a rest after working on these pieces. They were found boards I painted black and then went to. No direction other than to elaborate on themes.
It’s an assemblage of elements all lending to an organic show of floral life form.
Male subject, dimensional surface, hairy. Reclining and forward.
This is unorthodox for some but classic for me. A found frame, using air filter mesh as canvas, painting with materials like caulk – a first for me – and adornments.