Today I got back into the cut out paintings. This is where the whole concept of solos was birthed. Solos is a project I did with Dennison Bertram where images of my paintings were cut up into different sections and then rearranged generatively in order to create new unique works. The projects was an extremely successful nft project that pivoted my life into new directions. After a few years, I've got back into my big duffle bag of these cutouts. Been digging on using the existing contours to create shapes and the illusion of depth. Something I didn't exploit fully first time around.
I also did a new video of five to follow, which is a series of short one minute videos highlighting five living painters I think everyone should be following. I make these videos because I find it really hard to find good resources online that expose one to new contemporary painters. Instagram and tiktok are great but also flooded with content. There's also a lot of these short videos highlighting people's favorite albums on tiktok so I'm kind of riffing on that with contemporary painters.
The painters I suggest are, Anna Park, Sean Norvet, Jordan Casteel, Camilla Engstrom, and Salman Toor.