Stephen Maine, HP12-0201, 2012, acrylic on MDF, 39 by 32 inches (courtesy of the artist)
Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting visit the studio of painter Stephen Maine.
Discussing his relationship to the image in his paintings, Maine comments: "My effort is to try to control the contact of the material to the surface of the panel or the canvas in such a way the reading of it remains very open." He continues, commenting on his process: "The way that I have avoided composition is to paint in such a way so that the entire surface is physically addressed at the same time all at once. It's like stamping out a coin... It's been interestng to gain a kind of mastery in this... and then to try and forget that and let the machine, let the process... make a result for you in lieu of decisions."
