David Ostrowski's "F" exemplifies his signature reductive approach, where gestural sweeps of oil and lacquer are applied with deliberate restraint, leaving much of the canvas in an open, breathing state. The incorporation of adhesive foil introduces a subtle tension between the handmade and the industrial, disrupting the painted surface with flashes of reflective materiality. The work embodies Ostrowski's ongoing investigation into the boundaries of painting itself — questioning how little mark-making is needed for a canvas to still function as art.