Counter-Signs: The Paintings of Tom Brand. Art review by Robert Kameczura

Octagon by Tom Brand

Octagon
Oil on Wood (41" across)

The artist found this frame in a trash heap — it was originally for a poker table.  It presented something of a compositional challenge, with the dynamism of a tondo and the faceted corners of horizontal painting. The design is a series of warm facets around a more coolly colored center, and it vaguely suggests the qualities of an oasis in the desert.

Robert Kameczura

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