PAINTINGS ON CANVAS

Selected paintings on canvas gives insight into the wide range of stylistic experiments and aesthetic directions the artist has explored over the past two decades.

" Van Gogh’s sunflowers, capturing the essence of sunlight. Picasso with his lovers of violence, explosion, decay. Rothko and his brooding, tragic visual mantras. And when I think of these gentlemen, I think of them as not just friends, but as towering figures — celestial guides, counselors of tragedy, captains of independence, liberators, violators, Gods. As close as I can come to such a notion, it is as though we had played cards one night, drank wine, chanted myths, recited poetry, gotten smashed and shared all of our secrets."

- from Candle In The Rib Cage: Essays on Art, Life, etc.

ASSEMBLAGE & COLLAGE

Selected assemblage works focusing on Vereen's fascination with found materials, textural layers and other three-dimensional elements. These works highlight a range of influences and curiosities that span the entirety of Vereen's visual practice.

Clock

Mixed media on canvas

Voyage

Mixed media on canvas

Gun Lamp

Mixed media on mirrored base

Clock

Mixed media on canvas

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PAINTINGS ON PAPER

Three figures

Charcoal, pencil, oil on paper

Figure on base (detail)

Charcoal, pencil, oil on paper

Composition 37477

India ink on paper

Three figures

Charcoal, pencil, oil on paper

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Selected paper work from a variety of techniques, styles and influences. From sketches and studies to abstract landscapes, paper work is found throughout the entirety of the artist's practice and serve as experimental precursors for larger canvas works.