January 17, 2013, 8:30am

We've Got One Question: Daniel Buren

Since 1965 painter Daniel Buren has been covering whatever he can with his colored vertical stripes. Buren has covered everything from canvas, walls, and stairs and even train cars that could be seen while looking out of a window from the Art Institute of Chicago. Yeah, sweet, I know. Buren does this in the effort of forcing us to take notice of our surroundings. He drags painting into your space to interrupt your vision and possibly your day. Buren=stripes=Buren. It’s a palindrome. He’s traded his identity for a symbol; in this case it is an exact 8.7cm wide vertical stripe in the service of painting.

January 15, 2013, 10:56am

Slanted and Enchanted: The Wonders of Jeffrey Simmons’s Watercolors

Jeffrey Simmons’s show Watercolors refuses to conform to the expected behavior of its medium. Where watercolor works traditionally speak a nebulous language of soft borders and fading hues, Simmons’ works on paper in his seventh solo show at Greg Kucera Gallery articulate strong colors and fine lines with the utmost precision.  Even when the color bands within his abstracted forms blur, their gestures radiate with strict intention.

January 09, 2013, 8:30am

Must See Painting Shows: January

Happy New Year from all of us at New American Paintings.

January 07, 2013, 8:30am

In the Studio: Process of a Painting with Jeffrey Deane Hall

Working with iconic images to unite similar subject matter, painter Jeffrey Deane Hall (NAP# 100) combines mathematical and painterly techniques to merge media and themes together.  His paintings are a mix of assemblage and collage and they have an architectural and puzzle-like aesthetic.

Jeffrey Deane Hall | Man Recast, oil painting on panel, 18x24", 2012.