Hollywoo 2012

David Michael Hinnebusch made this painting called Hollywoo with acrylic on canvas. Look at the electric energy of the colours, the hot pink alongside the cool blues and greens – imagine the energy of the studio when it came into being! I’m really feeling for Hinnebusch right now, picturing him standing in front of this square canvas, perhaps with music playing, as he intuitively builds up these layers. He’s working fast, adding and subtracting marks. See how the paint is applied thinly in washes, with thicker scrawls and drips added on top? The lines are so free and immediate, like automatic writing or drawing. My eye keeps returning to the way he has drawn the faces. There is something so raw and direct about his work, something that reminds me of outsider art. It’s a style of painting which embraces the unexpected, opening up space for imaginative interpretation. We’re all constantly riffing on each other, that's what art is all about!