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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Graphite on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 52x32in
About this artwork
A return to abstraction, part of the continuing effort to access an aesthetic that we all share at a pre-language level. An attempt to evoke the idea that if truth exists, it is elusive, mysterious, perhaps out of reach. This painting, like many in the series is constructed in the format of the "Golden Ratio." Palimpsest began as an enhancement of a painting that had sat untouched for over a year. By the time the changes were completed, there were…
traces of the original but the painting marked a complete transformation. "Palimpsest is defined as a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.
Bruce Dean
United States
Credentials
- Works on commission
« My work is about communication, not merely self-expression. I strive to edify, to elevate, to speak to an underlying truth, in essence, to change the way we look at things. »
Bruce Dean is an experienced painter and draftsman based in the United States whose works have been widely exhibited nationally. Having always been drawn to mystery, he describes his compositions as an attempt to access imagery and an essential aesthetic that all humans share, at a pre-language level. Dean's striking pieces are created using oils and graphite on wood or canvas.