‘Because I have an active and obsessive eye‚ I'm interested in finding as much contentment as I possibly can. In my work I create problems and then solve them in order to feel peace.’ Mark Grotjahn
2003
Mark Grotjahn's 2003 work, titled with an artist's statement about problem-solving and contentment, is created with colored pencil on paper. The piece reflects Grotjahn's meditative approach to abstraction.
- Medium
- coloured pencil on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 7, 2019
More by Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Tuscan Red and Pink Rose Butterfly 45.90)
2015
"The ‘Face Paintings’ allow me to express myself in a way that the ‘Butterflies’ don’t. I have an idea as to what sort of face is going to happen when I do a ‘Face Painting,’ but I don’t exactly know what color it will take, or how many eyes it’s going to have, whereas the ‘Butterflies’ are fairly planned out. They’re still intuitive, but I generally know where they are going. It’s a different kind of freedom, a different kind of expressionism. It’s personal without being overtly personal."
Untitled (Black and Brown Butterfly 647a & 647b)
2006
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