Captivated by the utmost beauty of a remembered landscape, Sean Noonan returns to his sublime vision in cyclical studio sessions, repeatedly adding layers of paint to the horizontally-oriented and intimately-sized picture plane. He works and reworks the sticky soil of the waxy surface while cultivating its raw and receptive quality. With gestural marks both eloquent and inquisitive, he wanders through the painting’s layers in playful exploration. The parallel processes of the painting’s journey and the recollection of the painter’s travel evoke a synergy of matter and thought. Retracing his memory through locally sourced and salvaged materials, he creates an object both fleshly sensual and suggestively abstract.
Where I wanted, 2021
Oil and wax on found wood
11" x 15" / 27,9 cm x 38,1 cm
