ENERGY FLOW

In his statement, he writes:

"Currently, I am working strictly from observation and cannot make anything that looks like anything I know. I have to find ways of working with the idea that information constantly enters and leaves my field of vision. I know a tabletop is rectangular, and the objects on the tabletop break up the rectangle, but the process of seeing a tabletop involves watching a constant flow of energy. Shapes and angles change with any movement; I cannot visually see a solid shape until I draw a line that gives it identity. The process of completing a painting involves a constant building and destroying of relationships until a visual harmony is achieved. This harmony needs to exude a visual energy; this energy expresses the experience of what it took to understand how to make a painting of what I was seeing."

Reinemann wants viewers to experience his work to spark their imagination and dialogue. In his newest work, his palette is not as dense.

"So the drawing beneath it can be seen," he said. "That's the most recent development. I'm watering down the paint so I can see through it intentionally at times. I'm embracing more of a transparent palette, so I can see the process happening."

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