Alex Kanevsky
Alex Kanevsky’s figurative paintings are astounding. I read an interview with him after seeing a link on WFMU’s blog. I use the same paragraph here as they’ve use there. Not because I lack imagination but because it’s the most profound and revealing part of the interview. “[...] So I work fast, trying to hit the right note every time. That is nearly impossible, so I constantly fail. But I keep coming back to a painting. It accumulates layers, each one - more or lass a complete painting. Complete but failed. The layers are sort of like Swiss cheese - they have holes through which in right places you can see the previous layers. Eventually there are enough of “good holes” and also, because of all the repeated attempts, I manage to do a good top layer. And then I have a painting that has enough intensity in every passage to satisfy me. Then it is done.” [via]