Sid Garrison
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Sid Garrison has pushed the boundaries of colored pencil for sometime now and his newest work continues to be inventive. Abstract art, as a visual language, has been around for one hundred years. Considered from the vantage point of art history, it is a young language. In light of this, Garrison still finds rewards in exploration and commitment. His drawings are a collective of marks, overlays and smudges while colors and shapes find comfort with one another. With this present attempt, he is hoping to set aside former approaches such as rigid geometric or color field work. Each drawing starts with an unplanned composition letting one mark lead to another. Using curiosity and an incremental approach of accumulated marks, the artist seeks to discern and strengthen the drawing’s internal balance with gradual permutations of space, depth and suggested movement. This pursuit is taking him further down the path of reliance on intuition. Sid Garrison recently exhibited in Los Angeles, Aqua Art Miami, Philadelphia and at the Dalton Gallery on the campus of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. His work has been acquired by the Arkansas Art Center. Garrison will also show this year in Houston, Texas. This is his third solo show with LIMN Gallery.
Sid Garrison has pushed the boundaries of colored pencil for sometime now and his newest work continues to be inventive. Abstract art, as a visual language, has been around for one hundred years. Considered from the vantage point of art history, it is a young language. In light of this, Garrison still finds rewards in exploration and commitment. His drawings are a collective of marks, overlays and smudges while colors and shapes find comfort with one another. With this present attempt, he is hoping to set aside former approaches such as rigid geometric or color field work. Each drawing starts with an unplanned composition letting one mark lead to another. Using curiosity and an incremental approach of accumulated marks, the artist seeks to discern and strengthen the drawing’s internal balance with gradual permutations of space, depth and suggested movement. This pursuit is taking him further down the path of reliance on intuition. Sid Garrison recently exhibited in Los Angeles, Aqua Art Miami, Philadelphia and at the Dalton Gallery on the campus of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. His work has been acquired by the Arkansas Art Center. Garrison will also show this year in Houston, Texas. This is his third solo show with LIMN Gallery.
