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(prairie) 7

(prairie) 7 | 10 x 7 inches | oil on panel 2009 | more paintings >>

organic gestures

This is a continuation of a a couple of paintings I began back in January, and brings together a total of 13 works. These are anthropomorphic, gestural paintings that talk about form, spirit, and space. The series presents contrasts between discipline and disorganization, freedom and imprisonment, aloofness and timidity. Each piece informs the next in my self-limited exploration of physical and emotional elements. I’m excited about the next series waiting in the wings, inspired by this one!

state of the studio

The robins are already courting – Joyful spring to you!

why i paint

“Once something is sketched, it belongs to me and I thoughtfully arrange it on my painting surface where it is reborn.”

Todd Starks creates paintings using a variety of visual languages to talk about emotional space, shape, color, pattern and humor. With a painterly style, Starks carefully builds up impasto layers, using wet into wet oil paint, and allowing shards of underpainting to show through. Formally, the pieces are about composition, color harmonies, shape, and texture, yet each piece reveals a sensory and spritual connection to the landscape around him, and a dynamic interplay between conscious and subconscious thought.