From a distance
they resemble Color Field paintings in which the upper and lower halves harmonize or play off each other formally.
Not exact matches
These are inscribed as a series of regular loops
resembling a Slinky on opaque
fields of
color, often in smaller
paintings.
Direct drawing, calligraphic use of line, the effects of brushed, splattered, stained, squeegeed, poured, and splashed
paint superficially
resemble the effects seen in Abstract Expressionism and
Color Field Painting.
Here, DiBenedetto goes full William Baziotes — channeling the great under - sung Abstract Expressionist who specialized in fuzzy
fields and mythological - like beings contained in
fields of flushed
color — and gives us great fiery
paintings colonized by creatures and forms with effluvia, faces, feet, head dresses, and
resemble oxidizing coral reefs of original vision, with little hints of curving helicopter blades and mollusk - like octopus legs.
His compositions include Braque - inspired, semi-representational scenes; abstract, allover patterns;
color fields; hard - edged geometric shapes; and, recently, what he calls his «crackle
paintings,» whose cracked and layered surfaces
resemble tree bark or parched ground.