DAVID SKILLICORN

David has been creating luminous abstract paintings for over twenty years. He explores complex spatial and color relationships through the use of texture, organic line, and sensuous fields of color. In mixed media works on canvas, Skillicorn creates sophisticated, intuitive paintings alive with surface texture, lush paint of vibrant colors in bold strokes over atmospheric passages.
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DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonica (8-works)
formatting

DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 173
Harmonia 17-3
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 60 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 124
Harmonia 12-4
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 48 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 135
Harmonia 13-5
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 148
Harmonia 14-8
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 40 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 158
Harmonia 15-8
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 60 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 167
Harmonia 16-7
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 60 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 189
Harmonia 18-9
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 60 in
DAVID SKILLICORN Harmonia 192
Harmonia 19-2
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 60 in

DAVID SKILLICORN

DAVID SKILLICORN

DAVID SKILLICORN Biography

Statement
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. - Mary Oliver
I am drawn to abstract painting because it is the most challenging, holds the most
mystery for me, and in the end, the most magic. My paintings are not "about"
something, or "art objects" per se, as much as they are an opportunity to perhaps set in
motion the imagination and trigger an emotional response. In the simplest of terms, the
work is a celebration of pure color and texture.
I believe that through focused intensive engagement while making a painting, it is
possible to imbibe it somehow with a residue of spirit, an intangible essence that gives
the work a sense of presence. This can be felt by a sensitive viewer and moves the
work toward the realm of art, as opposed to decoration or craft. It's a prospect worth
pursuing with each and every painting.
My process is one of applying paint liberally, carving and digging back into it, and
building up layers. Through this process of application and excavation I would say that I
“find” a painting as much as “make” it. The whole time I am utterly engaged and letting
my intuition be the primary driving force, although I am also using my training and
experience to make hundreds and hundreds of decisions along the way as well.
Openness and freedom are the key.
I know the work is done when I stand back and it hits me all at once as being resolved
visually and having a strong sense of presence about it. In the end, I hope the work
conveys something that is not so much experienced with the mind, as felt with the
body.... in an intimate, visceral, and contemplative way.

DAVID SKILLICORN Description

David has been creating luminous abstract paintings for over twenty years. He explores complex spatial and color relationships through the use of texture, organic line, and sensuous fields of color. In mixed media works on canvas, Skillicorn creates sophisticated, intuitive paintings alive with surface texture, lush paint of vibrant colors in bold strokes over atmospheric passages.

Skillicorn's life as a visual artist began with extensive work with video in the late 1970's, leading to an earlier career as a multiple Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker. His visual vocabulary deepened through those years while filming more than a million images across a wide spectrum of cultures and landscapes in more than forty countries. His intensive experiences filming the textures of culture, color and landscape throughout the world have had a lasting impact on his visual sensibilities and inform the unique visual language he has brought to his work as an abstract painter for the past twenty years.

David Skillicorn is based in New York and Massachusetts. He shows his work at premiere galleries throughout the country, and his paintings are part of innumerable public and private collections, including Johns Hopkins, Regent Hotel, Intel, Chase Bank, and many others.

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