Ancestry
New York-based artist Ian Carpenter creates abstract depictions of imagined landscapes using bright swatches of color, scrawled line work, and languid brush strokes. The resulting effect stirs the emotions and is at once playful and serious; appealing as much for its curiously surreal thematics as for its lack of need for referential connotations. I wanted to learn more about the man behind these creations so I asked him some questions for an A&O interview. You can learn more by reading his answers, following the link. (more…)
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