Tom Lohre Oil Painting "Bennington College, Vermont," 1992

Item Details

Tom Lohre (Cincinnati, Ohio, 20/21st century)
Bennington College, Vermont, 1992
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left and to the verso
Inscribed to the verso
Additional information attached to the verso

Lohre’s “blob” paintings are created by melting 175 carefully selected colors of oil pastels onto a heated aluminum surface. Their execution is guided by a pixelated photograph in a manner similar to that which is carried out by the painting machine invented by Lohre using Lego’s Mindstorm Invention System in 2003. This method of painting claims to make the most of the least. Lohre attests to be the first to have ever painted a spaceship from life, as well as the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens.

Condition

- abrasions and stray paint to the composition, notably to the sky; discoloration to the linen liner; chips and abrasions to the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 9.5” W x 7.75” H.

Item #

ITMGJ40776