Michael Cina
By creating works solely based on shape, color, composition and mood, Cina, is able to craft a body of work that is visually complex. He uses vibrant colors to pull you in. Once invested your mind begins to shape the piece, picking out figures and shapes that aren't entirely there. Cina constructs his work in response to an emotion, a sound or feeling that happened in a particular moment. Cina works from this subconscious spark as if by reaction. He paints off feel and what to him looks right in that moment. He plays with Kantian ideas of beauty, giving us just enough to find visually stimulating while asking us to question just what it is that makes his work so enticing.
Shaun Washington
I think this work is spectacular. His textures are incredible and I can definitely grasp a sense of pure intuition. I'm especially drawn to the first image and the washes of color. At first glance they almost look too simple in style and composition but when I got a closer look it feels like looking into a whole other world that I could stare at for ages.
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