Narwhal and Octopus 2017

David Michael Hinnebusch made this 'Narwhal and Octopus' painting using a whole load of vibrant colors. The application looks pretty intuitive, almost like he's letting the paint guide the way. Looking closely, you can see how the colors blend and bleed into each other creating some surprising and exciting textures. The pale turquoise looping line that dominates the composition is just genius, it gives the whole piece a sense of movement and flow. It's these material aspects, the textures, the colors, and the way the paint sits on the surface that really shape our emotional experience of the artwork. This reminds me a little of the work of Joan Mitchell, who also wasn't afraid to let the energy of the gesture take over. Art's always an ongoing conversation, right? It's about embracing the multiple possibilities.