@carlsonhatton.bsky.social
Making abstract-ish Art in Los Angeles | Professor of Art- Santa Monica College
100 days of Trump and all my grievances and outrage wonβt fit on one sign, this abstract expressionist painting sums it up better.
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#abstractexpressionism #gesture #pollock #protest #powertothepeople
Come see my LA solo show at Good Mother Gallery
01.03.2025 23:54 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Densely layered work featuring acrylic paint on top of graphite drawings on canvas 52βx40β #figuration #layersonlayers #airbrush #color
21.02.2025 00:57 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Two works that try to capture the aftermath of the recent LA fires #eatonfire #palisadesfire #lapainting #abstract #labdscape #art
16.02.2025 20:00 β π 23 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Valentineβs Day awkward self-portrait with broken leg in tub #pink #portrait #pastel #floral
14.02.2025 22:38 β π 34 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
One of my more pattern rich works. 50βx42β, acrylic on canvas, 2024
#floral #still-life #pattern #opart #kunst #color #contemporarypainting
Acrylic paint on top of printing ink, a technique and series Iβve been exploring for the last few years. #paint #print #contemporaryart #abstraction #cubism
12.02.2025 17:35 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Watching my news through the barbershop window #fomo #pastels #outsider #contemporarypainting #color
11.02.2025 18:10 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Nice work! The shift in recognition from close up to further away is great
07.02.2025 18:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In the studio on a rainy day. Here are a few works from the last 3 years. #contemporarypainting #studio #laart #color #pattern
07.02.2025 18:03 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations Miguel! Iβm proud of you π
05.02.2025 20:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
My generally unaffectionate dog keeping me company after breaking my heel and spending 8 weeks in a boot
#pastels #figurative #painting #art #kunst #gooddog
Long necked woman peering into a grand room #voyeurism #graphite #figurative #surreal #pattern #drawing
31.01.2025 17:08 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting combinations of color and value π
30.01.2025 23:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
When my practice moves into black and white, I know a shift is coming #paint #opart #abstract #layers #flowers #kunst #art
30.01.2025 17:35 β π 42 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Imagined view from my kitchen window #losangeles #bonnard #landscape #color #psychedelic #pastel #paint
29.01.2025 16:38 β π 27 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβd say any more than 3 cancel each other out, but thatβs purely speculative π§
29.01.2025 05:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The many who travel silently along with us. Acrylic and pastel on paper β23x19β #spirits #blue #figurative #abstraction #art #cubism
28.01.2025 15:07 β π 27 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you π
27.01.2025 23:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0What a great description π
27.01.2025 19:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π chatty or dead silent, both options are weird!
27.01.2025 15:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Waiting to get my haircut, wondering what weβre going to talk about βοΈ pastel and acrylic on canvas. #social #anxiety #haircut #paint #psychedelic #pastel #art
27.01.2025 15:08 β π 203 π 12 π¬ 6 π 0Hypnotic works π
26.01.2025 22:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice painting π
26.01.2025 16:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love it! Thanks π
26.01.2025 15:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs acrylic paint but I am very influenced by printmaking and do a lot
of masking off
This one goes wild with color interaction and layered detail. Anxiety fueled work depicting a world I think Iβd prefer to live in. #color #landscape #psychedelic #art #kunst #layers
25.01.2025 19:59 β π 183 π 14 π¬ 5 π 0
Pastel work of a busy and at points ugly blvd in LA, Santa Monica Blvd. Subdues Lakers colors is purely coincidental. Source photo came from that bizarre period at the start of the pandemic when out congested streets were empty. #pastel #art #kunst #santamonicablvd #lastreets
23.01.2025 17:20 β π 40 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Max, Iβm excited about this one and am happy to hear it captures some of the thoughts racing within! The ever exciting journey of learning how to paint. π¨
22.01.2025 21:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Robes, capes, and cloaks: all made to order.
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