Fragmentary (2022 rework) was recently published in the book, Voices of Tomorrow.
Detail of Portrait Study in Blue 3.03.23, Artist: Andrew Binder, 2023
This study features a monochromatic figure, painted in blue tones, expressionless, with features that seem to shift and dissolve. For the last couple of years or so, I've been doing a lot of "studies" where I've been experimenting with different methods of combining digital painting with traditional elements within my artistic process. Lately I've been hitting upon a workflow and method that is allowing me to more accurately achieve what is in my head. There is something about this "fracturing" that (to me, at least) is evocative of so many different things.
Detail of Dissonant Harmony in Pink and Cyan, Artist: Andrew Binder, 2023
The figure dissolves, or perhaps takes shape, in a distorted cacophony of pink, brown and light magenta hues, against a cyan void. Created with a combination of painted acrylic layers and coffee drips on paper, which were scanned and combined with many digital painted layers at low opacities, slowly building up the form. Multiple variations of "expressive" layers of abstracted elements were interlaced with the figure, some building off of, and distorting the original acrylic layers. These variations were combined, added, and subtracted, eventually creating a final composition.
I am honored to have my to artworks “The Facade Falls Away” and “Portrait Study 8.19.21” featured in Artist Portfolio Magazine Issue 50 Volume 2.
I am honored to have my work “Fragmentary (2020 version)” published within Spotlight Magazine Issue 29.
Close-up detail of Fragmentary (2022 Rework), Artist: Andrew Binder, 2022
Close-up detail of Memories That Plague the Mind (Version I), Artist: Andrew Binder, 2022