Quid

Quid, 152 cm x 91 cm, 60" x 36", 2020, urethane and acrylic binders with carbon black pigment in dispersal water, and resin on panel. Quid has a reflective surface.

Quid is painted on a 1 1/2' hollow core panel. Quid has a finish layer of resin over a pigment dispersion of carbon black that floats above another resin layer that covers the yellow background layer. When you enlarge the image above, it seems unfocused because of the delicate black pigment dispersion is casting a shadow in exact profile. The yellows used for the background have a green tint to them that plays with the natural warmth of the black pigment. You can see the transition from yellow to green to brown. This is a quiet painting.

Chewed and expectorated quids are indigestible stringy fibers from the roasted inner pulp of agave or yucca root that hold human DNA from earlier civilizations. Quid became a group of small paintings that I thought had reached an end until this piece came about.

Quid can be hung in any orientation; vertical or horizontal.