Michael A. Dempsey

🤩WOW🥳 Chris @bohlguy Bohlin really knocked this one out of the park, and we got an intimate look into the process.
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One of the goals of @mad.house_art is to create a more personal connection with the Art and Artist, and we do so in a few ways:
•By sharing some unprecedented studio footage of the ephemeral creative processes. They say a magician should never reveal his tricks, but for me it is seeing the process that has me truly in love with Art. I can feel the energy in the brushstrokes when I see the finished piece.
•By sharing my stories with the Art. Art speaks, and if you’re listening with the right ears and with a little imagination, you can hear the tales they tell. Relax your mind, step away from the hustle and bustle of life, and let your eyes take you on a journey. Allow yourself to feel whatever it is that the Art makes you feel.
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📲“Motherboard” was a big step forward for Bohlin in my opinion. He has been developing his unique style for years, with new features and techniques popping up here and there. This bold beauty combines many of those explorations into one, as well as bravely executes new aesthetic elements. A motherboard is “a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.” This piece was the connector, the conduit of many different techniques:
•NEW: CMYK/B&W grids peeking out (example on top left)
•NEW: gridded dot arrays
•Swoops: double layered, doing a rainbow swoop followed by a second B&W swoop overtop (and vice versa)
•Lack of “landscape”, only floating shapes (à la Kandinsky) seen in his “Double Slit Experiment” series
•Wigged out gradient bar done upside down
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What is your favorite part of this painting? I’d love to hear your interpretation below! 💖