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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW

J eremiah Douglas Stroud

Lives and works in Schijndel , The Netherlands
An artist ' s statement

T he biggest problem with a blank fresh canvas , is it feels finished . It is a simple polished design . I assume the duty of debeautifying this image . Starting like an unrehearsed recital , my canvas is a stage for an impromptu performance in which it can get sloppy . Smearing , staining , spraying , slashing and even reconfiguring the platform of a painting , I step into the wide unending history of Abstraction . This catalog of actions and plasticity of mark-making provides me with a chaos in which I am comfortable to start the restraint process . I have to give in to a formidable design ; this is where the use of flat negative space comes into play . When I speak of play , I do mean a space to remove marks or add textures in the medium . The play , becomes a first step in a long tedious methodology that results in the beginning of a grand design of the image .

Jeremy Stroud http :// www . stroudworks . com /
Jeremiah Douglas Stroud is an American painter from Broughton , IL . In 2012 , he received his Associates of Art and Associates of Science Degrees at Southeastern Illinois College . In 2015 , he received his Bachelors in Fine Arts from Columbus College of Art and Design . Stroud has already been included in various important exhibitions including Fall Juried Exhibition at Zanesville Museum of Art in Zanesville , OH and Juried Salon Exhibition , Greenpoint Gallery , Brooklyn , NY . Upcoming shows include ACAD Conference at Canzanni Gallery at Columbus College of Art and Design , Columbus , OH . Currently residing in Schijndel , NL and attending the Masters of Fine Art program at Avans St . Joost in Breda / Den Bosch , NL .
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