This art piece is made by Jason Middlebrook. He is an American artist who was born in 1966 and lives in Hudson, New York. Jason calls this piece "Vertical Landscape Painting" and it was made in 2011. Out of all the art pieces I have seen this has gotta be one of the coolest looking ones ever, I looked at it and the reason I thought it looked so cool was because it was half of a tree painted in all different colors. Once I saw the tree I just knew I had to take a picture of it, then when it came time to write I chose it. Middlebrook's paintings exist somewhere between painting and sculpture, deeply rooted in the history of his material and process. Middlebrook seems to use the same technique on all of his art pieces. He seems to always make something out of wood, or just take a piece of wood and turn it into an abstract work of art. This piece is made out of acrylic on black walnut plank. He sources imperfect sections of trees from New York and Massachusetts and waxes them to bring out their natural sheen. After taping off carefully calibrated strips, he paints over the planks in broad, expressive strokes. This works man mad geometries are a withdrawl from nature - a nod to the history of abstract art. At the same time, Middlebrook's references to the revers of the wood grain's own naturally absract patterns.
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