New painting:
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Loop
2020, oil on linen, 13" x 13"
Courtesy of Adelson Galleries
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This painting is closely related to another, Subway Loops.
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Subway Loops,
2009, oil on linen, 40" x 50"
Collection of the Wen Long Foundation, Taiwan
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When I first started painting Subway Loops in 2008, the composition was smaller, 30" x 32", with two rows of seated figures and three figures holding the loops.
After finishing the heads of two figures, I decided to rework the composition, increasing the size to 40" x 50", and adding another row of seats and one more figure holding a fourth loop. A new canvas was stretched and the first version was abandoned.
However, I liked the two faces I'd painted on that first version, and cut them out of the canvas, saving the two pieces and restretching them. One - Woman Wearing a Red Hat - was finished in 2014. This second unfinished canvas, Loop, remained hanging on a wall in my studio until a few weeks ago when it finally returned to the easel and the red dress, the loop, and the background were painted.
After finishing the heads of two figures, I decided to rework the composition, increasing the size to 40" x 50", and adding another row of seats and one more figure holding a fourth loop. A new canvas was stretched and the first version was abandoned.
However, I liked the two faces I'd painted on that first version, and cut them out of the canvas, saving the two pieces and restretching them. One - Woman Wearing a Red Hat - was finished in 2014. This second unfinished canvas, Loop, remained hanging on a wall in my studio until a few weeks ago when it finally returned to the easel and the red dress, the loop, and the background were painted.
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Subway Loops, drawing #9
2008, pencil on paper with pastel tone on reverse, 30" x 32"
Courtesy of Adelson Galleries
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Above: the final drawing for the first version of the composition.
Below: the expanded composition for Subway Loops.
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Subway Loops, drawing #11
2009, pencil on paper with pastel tone on reverse, 40" x 50"
Collection of the Wen Long Foundation, Taiwan
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Here's the other figure that was saved and finished a few years ago:
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Woman Wearing a Red Hat
2014, oil on linen, 16" x 10"
Courtesy of Adelson Galleries
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May - June 2020
An Online Exhibition
About the Artist: Andrew Stevovich
Adelson Galleries
New York Palm Beach
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The Fuller Building
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Palm Beach, FL 33480
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