three more found paintings, march 2009..
the idea of the found painting became a bit of a personal obsession back in 2002 when i first acquired a digital camera and i submitted some of my found drawings to the drawing research group tracey.
accidental drawings, scratched, scraped or drawn by unknown forces; human traffic, vehicles, the weather.. revealing hidden layers, creating new deposits.
the concept of appropriation or incorporating the found in art is nothing new, the act of finding is just a part of it, making sense of it is another matter. as a concept, i haven’t pushed it beyond an act of objective recording, visually documenting the abstract. they are fascinating images to capture and collect over time; untouched and unrefined, as found. all you see here are photographs, they are not art. they are a representation of the visual experience of one artist, believing for a moment in time that they could also be works of art.
see more found paintings in the archive…
September 6th, 2011 - 8:42 pm
I love these ‘found paintings’. I love how when taken out of context, something messy and ugly can become a piece of art in its own right.
I love your work!
September 7th, 2011 - 12:26 am
thank you Tom! much appreciated
April 27th, 2012 - 9:05 pm
I am just so impressed by your vision and clarity of thought. I am doing research on the subject of objets trouves and hadn’t even considered a link to photographs of ready made, stunning art works, such as you’ve collected. The stuff you have presented here is inspirational!