• With words by Charles Meanwell
  • Charles Meanwell, Orange Bush, 2024

    Charles Meanwell

    Orange Bush, 2024
    oil on panel
    18 x 18 in.
    $ 4,500.00
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  • Perhaps I turned out to be a painter because I was raised on the flat surface that is Essex County, and Windsor.  It occurs to me that all the mountains and valleys in the world are struggling to find the level that Essex County has so happily discovered.

  • I paint the spaces between the objects, and between the objects and the frame, rather than the objects themselves, making...
    Charles Meanwell
    Prime Rock, 2024
    oil on panel
    14 x 14 in.
    $ 3,200.00
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    I paint the spaces between the objects, and between the objects and the frame, rather than the objects themselves, making the subject of the painting the arrangement, rather than the content, of the painting. The arrangement is a given to which I am obedient. Any contribution I make is ruinous to the painting: in other words, I have to be told where to put things by the things.

  • I paint quickly so I don’t have time to think. Thought is the enemy: if I know where I am...
    Charles Meanwell
    Blocks, 2024
    oil on panel
    14 x 14 in.
    $ 3,200.00
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    I paint quickly so I don’t have time to think. Thought is the enemy: if I know where I am going, I can’t get there. A painting is a dialogue between the perceived world and the board, the board rules, and the shapes on the board can become modified to cohere with the shapes out there. I trust my hand: if it errs, I put something beside the shape to make it belong in the rectangle. I rarely change a line or a colour. Every shape is a commitment.

  • Charles Meanwell, Curved Pole, 2024

    Charles Meanwell

    Curved Pole, 2024
    oil on panel
    18 x 18 in.
    $ 4,500.00
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