SAM FRONS

Material Studies

Works from the miscellany, re-hung so you can touch them. Each one answers in the language of its material — water ripples, wet gouache smears, silk sways, lucite catches the light, parchment calls down lightning, marble turns to look at you. Nothing you do is permanent.

Painting of a beached narwhal beside a cresting wave, sailboat beyond
The Beached NarwhalWatertrail your hand through it
Rinpa-style storm landscape with birds, bare trees and snow
Storm Landscape After SchieleWet Paintdrag it — it's still wet
Painting of a peloton of cyclists in green jerseys under a blue sky
PelotonWet Paintdrag it — it's still wet
Le Chat — black Maneki-neko cat poster on yellow, Art Nouveau style
Le ChatSilk Bannerbrush it
Layered lucite, metal wire and wood veneer assemblage landscape
Composite No. 1Lucitemove the light
Diptych of framed lucite, wood veneer and resin relief landscapes on a gallery wall
Composite No. 2 (Diptych)Lucitemove the light
Two backlit vitrines of carved wood and etched glass leaf forms
Composite No. 3 (Vitrines)Lucitemove the light
Illuminated-manuscript riders fleeing under lightning on a black sky
Riders in the LightningGilded Parchmentstrike the sky
Black-and-white photograph of classical statues gesturing to one another by the sea
Statues in ConversationLiving Marbleapproach — they notice you

From the Flat Files

Two more works, conventionally framed — hover to light them, click to view.

Diorama of q-tip and matchstick constructions before a collaged drawing backdrop
Q-tip Constructionsmixed-media diorama
Teal and red overprint of camels and riders over a vintage classroom world map
Camel Mapoverprint on schoolroom map