JohnBreakeyStudio - 2024 WIP, Juried Show Updates and Thesis Throwback

WIP: Cala Lilly Cloud, May, 2024. Acrylic and mediums on stretched linen support. 54 inches by 34 inches. Some more work to do after removing the background masking paper: I need to bring the light of the two color environments closer together. This new series is about time: flowers and clouds have their own time stamp and duration, they are expressed here as captured motion and even slower motion: flowers are only flowers because they fall.

Vivi's Rose, 2024… 60 inches by 36 inches tall. Acrylic and mediums on stretched linen support.

Vivi's Rose; detail. The original work was a subtle lavender-white Cirrus cloud marching across a soft grey sky but something was amiss with the priming of the linen. A vertical cleave was visible near the center of the work… It always bothered me. After a time, a rose presented itself as a solution.

White; 2023 for a juried show at White Cube Contemporary: RED. October–November 2023. Zhou Art Center, Chicago Illinois. 6 inch panel float mounted within a 14 inch square boxed frame. Acrylic and mediums on wood panel support.

White; detail. From a series: Eleven Color Names, 2016–2023

Cheetos Cloud_Golden, 2020. Group Exhibition; Unshuttered at The Delaware Contemporary through August 2020. Acrylic and mediums on wooden panel support with painted backlit panel. Unframed; 28" x 23" x 2"

Small Geometric Cloud, 2017. The Friends of the Delaware Contemporary Annual Juried Show, May-June 2017. Curated by Morgan Hamilton & Kathrine Page; Wilmington, Delaware. Acrylic and mediums on wood panel support. Unframed; 12 " x 12" x 6"

Just One Small Cloud, 2018. The Woodmere Annual 78th Juried Exhibition, June-August 2018 Germantown, Pennsylvania, Eileen Neff; Curator. Acrylic and mediums on wood panel support. Framed, 14" x 14" x 2"

Purple Cloud, 2018 The Delaware Contemporary 40th Annual Curated Gala; Art & Soul, March, 2019, Wilmington Delaware Kathrine Page, Curator. Acrylic and mediums on wood panel support. Unframed; 30" x 30" x 3"

Lenticular Sunset, 2018 The Delaware Contemporary 40th Annual Curated Gala Auction;
Art & Soul, March, 2019, Wilmington Delaware. Kathrine Page, Curator. Acrylic and mediums on wood panel support. Unframed; 30" x 30" x 3". Sold to a private collector; benefit proceeds to the Gala auction.

Soft White Cloud, 2016 Art Unleashed Juried Fundraiser for The University of the Arts, Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Bridgett Mayer Gallery Pick Acrylic and mediums on wood panel. Unframed; 24" x 24".

Summer Rain, 2016. The University of the Arts MFA Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Rosenwald–Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Acrylic and mediums on grouped wood panels. Unframed; 48" x 36"

Hook Cloud, 2016 MFA Summer Intensive. It hangs in my studio as a reminder to push for the unexpected; I still don't really know how to replicate the fluidity all the time but the process is slowly revealing itself.

Orange Steel Girder Cloud, Summer 2020. Previously finished work on panels in the studio are open to being revised, sanded, gessoed over; sometimes with an evolution of what exists on the panel and sometimes a complete abandon. This is the latter.

Orange Steel Girder Cloud; fine line detail.

Orange Steel Girder Cloud; underpainting revealed.

WIP, July 2020 Orange Boat Cirrus; acrylic and mediums on wood panel support.
Unframed 12" x 9"

WIP, July 2020 BullNose Cirrus; acrylic and mediums on wood panel support.
Unframed 12" x 9"

WIP, July 2020 Indigo Cirrus; acrylic and mediums on wood panel support. Unframed 12" x 9"

Summer Sunrise Series; Five AM, September 2020. Acrylic and transparent mediums on prepared wood support mounted to painted wood support backing. All are float-mounted within a white box frame. The front face of each frame is painted with an off-white iridescent pigment and each edge is hand-distressed. The entire series is for sale at $1200.00, individual works are $350.00 each, plus shipping. Local delivery free.

Five AM, detail. Eased edge 7" x 5" float mounted to wood support.

Five AM, oblique view. Individual works in this series are for sale at $350.00 each.

Summer Sunrise Series; Six AM, September 2020. Acrylic and transparent mediums on prepared wood support mounted to painted wood support backing. All are float-mounted within a white box frame. The front face of each frame is painted with an off-white iridescent pigment and each edge is hand-distressed.

Six AM, detail. Eased edge 7" x 5" float mounted to wood support.

Six AM, oblique view. Individual works in this series are for sale at $350.00 each.

Summer Sunrise Series; Seven AM, September 2020. Acrylic and transparent mediums on prepared wood support mounted to painted wood support backing. All are float-mounted within a white box frame. The front face of each frame is painted with an off-white iridescent pigment and each edge is hand-distressed.

Seven AM, detail. Eased edge 7" x 5" float mounted to wood support.

Seven AM, oblique view. Individual works in this series are for sale at $350.00 each.

Summer Sunrise Series; Eight AM, September 2020. Acrylic and transparent mediums on prepared wood support mounted to painted wood support backing. All are float-mounted within a white box frame. The front face of each frame is painted with an off-white iridescent pigment and each edge is hand-distressed.

Eight AM, detail. Eased edge 7" x 5" float mounted to wood support.

Eight AM, oblique view. Individual works in this series are for sale at $350.00 each.

Summer Sunrise Series; Five AM, September 2020. Acrylic and transparent mediums on prepared wood support mounted to painted wood support backing. All are float-mounted within a white box frame. The front face of each frame is painted with an off-white iridescent pigment and each edge is hand-distressed. The entire series is for sale at $1200.00, individual works are $350.00 each, plus shipping. Local delivery free.