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Jason Woodside’s work is characterized by vivid colors and fades with contrasting bands of patterns and shapes. Taking inspiration from textiles, light and nature, he investigates with various bold textures and exterior settings to generate visual cohesion and optimistic emotions with great and equal energy for public spaces, large brand collaborations, and fine art paintings, alike. His candy-store vibes turn serious turn playful turn oceanic and then come inland. And his new paintings take the term crossing over literally, making intricate games for the eye. He makes fun with serious precision and kaleidoscopic color and pattern.
His three new “Cut Up” works are of painted canvases which are cut apart and woven back together, making new and more complex patterns. They are then sandwiched in acrylic frames to allow for every strip of canvas that weaves under and over the other to be seen. Edges and overlap are as important as the dots and lines upon the strips of canvas.
The thatching in Woodside’s work is something that works amazingly well in both large-scale murals as well as small paintings. The wide palette creates a multi-colored expansive rainbow-like effect. Lately, Woodside has chosen simpler palettes, or a mixture of two complementary colors. There is something in this that leads the viewer deeper in because of the uniformity of these in comparison.
The three “Hex” paintings, also, along with the mono- and dichromatic “Thatch” paintings feel more grounded, less psychedelic but still utterly mesmerizing. These works hold the dots and lines steady, leaving small negative rhombus-shaped spaces, which shine bright-white from the in-betweens. In all the new works from Jason Woodside, diamonds are, indeed, a viewer’s best friend.
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