Mark Bradford, Potable Water, 2005, Billboard paper, photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, and additional mixed media, 130 x 196 inches, Collection of Hunter Gray, Photo: Bruce M. White (museumpublicity.com)
By the early 1970s, he shifted to purely abstract painting, pouring acrylic paint over tilted canvases and creating textured reliefs with acrylic gel and polystyrene foam. (pacegallery.com)
Of central focus to his oeuvre are his monochrome works where — using layers of oil or acrylic gel on hard reflective stainless steel, aluminum or Perspex — he combs the paint across the surface in continuous rhythmic movements. (wetterlinggallery.com)