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Someone said I'm exploring constructivism here. Abstract landscape oil painting by Bill Colburn.
Oil on canvas
2' x 3'4"
2008
First oil painting in 8 years! Abstract landscape oil painting by Bill Colburn.
Oil on canvas
30" x 48"
2008
Still trying to get at the colors of the old masters. Abstract landscape oil painting by Bill Colburn.
Oil on canvas
2' x 3'4"
2008
Squinting at the landscape until all that's left is light and dark. Abstract landscape oil painting by Bill Colburn.
Oil on canvas
30" x 48"
2008
Windows at night, bold and direct. Abstract landscape oil painting by Bill Colburn.
Oil on canvas
2' x 3'4"
2008
Somewhere between architecture, landscape, and abstraction. Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
Always thinking about the colors of Rembrandt, especially Lucretia in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
On a hot summer day the colors of the street and sky almost become the same. Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
Almost a candy landscape with the heavy impasto! Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
Fall colors starting to show up. Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
Non-representational colors depicting a real place, across the street in Minneapolis. Abstract landscape painting by Bill Colburn.
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 35"
2007
1468 Harvard #4
Acrylic on canvas
44 x 32
2002

These paintings just barely represent the views from different windows in my home. Most are identical in size to the windows themselves. They began as charcoal studies of what I actually see outside – my neighbor’s porch, the grade school across 34th street, the apartment building across Grand Avenue... At a point I stopped using brushes, and have since only worked with a large painting knife. This has changed my relationship with control over every exact mark. At the same time it has allowed me to enjoy the subtleties of paint in itself, as well as in service to the larger image. The original drawings that anchor these compositions, through simplification and clarification, have become nearly geometric explorations of color and texture. They are about undulating paint and light, as well as a document of where I live.