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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 27.6x55.1in
About this artwork
This artwork uses vivid blends of acrylic, oil, and tar, drawing deep into the realms of abstract expressionism. With each brushstroke,… I aimed to capture the tumult of the ocean depths and the serene majesty of the night sky, knowing that I am part of an infinite universe. It's a celebration of nature's untamed beauty and power, meant to evoke a feeling of awe and endless possibility.
Ted Barr
Israel
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- Established Artist
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Featured in gallery curations
« The physical body ends in the skin, the mind reaches the stars. »
At the core of my work is industrial cold tar— carrying geological memory. Tar absorbs light, slows movement, and resists clarity, introducing friction into the visual field. When combined with oil, gesso, and pigment, it generates a continuous negotiation between opacity and luminosity, between what is buried and what is revealed.
These dense, absorptive surfaces function as active fields—capable of retaining, resisting, and transforming the materials brought into contact with them. Each work evolves through sequences of action and reaction, of revealing and concealing. The surface becomes an archive of gestures, material events, and temporal shifts.
Central to my work is the notion of layering as a structural condition. Each painting develops through successive strata of material interactions: absorption, oxidation, sedimentation, and reactivation.