modernSHAPE: geometric and abstract paintings by Jacob Brazell

2012-01-13T08:16:00.001-07:00

2012-01-13T08:14:00.002-07:00

2012-01-13T08:14:00.001-07:00

2012-01-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

Y Series No. 7

2011-03-03T16:12:00.002-07:00

Untitled No. 37

2011-03-03T16:12:00.001-07:00

Void No. 8

2011-03-03T16:11:00.002-07:00

Void No. 7

2011-03-03T16:11:00.001-07:00

Untitled No. 36

2011-03-03T16:10:00.000-07:00

Place No. 27

2011-03-03T16:09:00.000-07:00

Place No. 26

2010-12-29T09:11:00.001-07:00

Void No. 6

2010-12-29T09:10:00.002-07:00

Crossing No. 3

2010-12-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

Cross No. 8

2010-12-29T08:54:00.003-07:00

Place No. 25

2010-12-29T08:53:00.001-07:00

Crossing No. 2

2010-12-29T08:51:00.001-07:00

Place No. 24

2010-12-29T08:49:00.001-07:00

Old Republic No. 2

2010-12-09T16:22:00.003-07:00

Void No. 5

2010-12-09T16:19:00.001-07:00

Void No. 4

2010-12-02T16:44:00.001-07:00

Place No. 23

2010-12-02T16:43:00.004-07:00

Place No. 22

2010-12-02T16:43:00.002-07:00

Untitled No. 34

2010-12-02T16:42:00.002-07:00

Place No. 20

2010-12-01T16:57:00.003-07:00

Void No. 3

2010-11-17T16:27:00.002-07:00

No. 3 was painted November 2010

Cross No. 7

2010-11-12T06:24:00.002-07:00

Painted November 2010

Untitled No. 33

2010-11-12T06:22:00.002-07:00

Painted November 2010

100 paintings since 2005

2010-11-09T08:55:00.015-07:00

These images are not to scale. I'm hoping the next 1oo paintings don't take five years to make. I'm really curious how things evolve over time so I'm hoping there won't be too much resemblance between these 100 and the next.

Cross No. 6

2010-11-08T21:51:00.001-07:00

No. 6 painted November 2010

Untitled No. 32

2010-11-04T08:33:00.003-06:00

No. 32 painted Nov 2010

Untitled No. 31

2010-11-04T08:31:00.001-06:00

No. 31 painted Nov 2010

Untitled No. 30

2010-11-03T08:18:00.002-06:00

No. 30 painted November 2010

Place No. 19

2010-09-01T07:57:00.001-06:00

August 2010

Untitled No. 29

2010-09-01T07:52:00.002-06:00

finally...

Void No. 2

2010-05-11T06:40:00.001-06:00

May 2010

Place No. 18

2010-04-22T07:05:00.001-06:00

Painted April 2010

Untitled No. 28

2010-04-15T21:33:00.002-06:00

No. 28 was painted in April 2010.

Untitled No. 26 (Fail)

2010-04-14T20:12:00.006-06:00

No. 26 was painted in April 2010. As I tore away the masking tape, I tore away the painting...

Cross No. 5

2010-02-17T10:41:00.001-07:00

Cross No. 4

2010-02-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

No. 4 was completed February 2010.

Y Series No. 6

2010-02-01T08:48:00.000-07:00

Number 6 was completed in January 2010.

Still Life No. 5 (Purple Apple)

2010-02-01T08:46:00.003-07:00

No. 5 was completed in January 2010. I think the red peeking through the violet is really cool.

Division No. 3

2010-01-20T08:00:00.002-07:00

Division No. 3 was finished January 2010.

Place No. 17

2010-01-19T08:04:00.001-07:00

No. 17 was finished in January 2010.

Place No. 16

2009-12-21T08:29:00.002-07:00

No. 16 was painted December 2009.

Division No. 2

2009-12-17T08:38:00.003-07:00

Division No. 2 was painted December 2009.

Cross No. 3

2009-11-24T10:07:00.007-07:00

No. 3 was painted November 2009.

Old Republic No. 1 (formerly Untitled No. 24)

2009-11-24T10:05:00.005-07:00

Untitled No. 24 was painted November 2009. I'm renaming this Old Republic for a new series of red white and blue paintings.

Void No. 1

2009-11-20T08:14:00.004-07:00

Void No. 1 was painted October 2009. I'm excited to explore this series.

Place No. 14

2009-10-30T12:14:00.002-06:00

No. 14 was painted October 2009

Untitled No. 25

2009-10-29T08:36:00.002-06:00

No. 25 was painted in 2008?

Division No. 1

2009-10-27T08:32:00.004-06:00

No. 24 was painted in October 2009.

Untitled No. 23

2009-10-26T08:37:00.002-06:00

No. 23 was painted in October 2009

Place No. 13

2009-07-22T21:25:00.004-06:00

No. 13 was painted in July 2009.

Place No. 12

2009-06-22T08:09:00.003-06:00

No. 12 was finished in June 2009. My wife commissioned this one for our newly redecorated bedroom. One of my new favorites.

Still Life No. 4

2009-06-09T16:07:00.005-06:00

Still Life No. 4 was painted June 2009.

From the Archives: Stillness

2009-05-29T14:55:00.004-06:00

Stillness was painted by in 2006? - still a favorite piece...

Untitled No. 21

2009-05-27T07:54:00.004-06:00

No. 21 was completed May 2009.

From the Archives

2009-05-12T16:28:00.000-06:00

This painting is probably 10 years old by now. One of my first successful large paintings. I think it measures 30 inches by 40 inches. My boss liked it so much that it ended up in her office. I made sure she took it home when she retired. It looks great in her vaulted-ceiling living room. My inspiration for this piece was a quiet abstract piece by Ed Corbett, a California painter who ended up in Taos, New Mexico. He was a definite influence on Richard Diebenkorn in the early 50s. Corbett never got the attention he deserved and is often referred to as a painter's painter. The USU Art Museum has two of his pieces.

Place No. 10

2009-04-17T07:50:00.002-06:00

Place No. 10 was finished April 2009. This one is not for sale on Etsy, but will be available at the Cache Valley's Farmer's Market later this summer.

From the Archives

2009-04-10T08:22:00.001-06:00

My wife, Sharon, hosts a Friday Flashback on her blog and embeds a great video from the 80's or 90's that puts to shame anything being recorded today (Except for Confuse the Cat, Interpol, Snowden, Department of Eagles.) Anyway, here's a painting I did as a junior or senior at Utah State almost 10 years ago. At the time I was experimenting with a gesso/joint compound application on canvas. Once the shapes were established (long live masking tape) I would dye the painting with different acrylic washes. This was one of my first successes. I used to make lots of these, but they chip really easily and you only get a couple of chances to get it right. I'm a major revisionist and love to fix, fix, fix so I moved on to other techniques. This is still one of my favorites.

Place No. 9

2009-04-06T16:23:00.001-06:00

No. 9 measures approximately 7.5 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches tall. It was painted with acrylic paint on acid free paper and then varnished. I painted No. 9 in March 2009.

Untitled No. 19

2009-04-03T16:49:00.003-06:00

I finished No. 19 in March 2009. It measures approximately 7 1/16 inches by 6 7/8 inches. It was painted with acrylic on acid free paper and then varnished. It has a 1/4 inch white border for matting or framing. This started out as a painting exercise but the final result was very satisfying.

Untitled No. 18

2009-03-30T08:14:00.001-06:00

Untitled No. 18 was finished March 2009. It measures 7 1/4 inches wide and 9 1/2 inches long. No. 18 was painted with acrylic paint on acid free paper. This is the second time I tried this composition and the colors are much better this time around.

Place No. 7

2009-03-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

Place No. 7 was painted in February 2009. It measures 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/2 inches tall. It is painted on acid free paper and then varnished. No. 7 almost didn't work out when I spilled yellow paint everywhere. I scraped off as much as I could and then covered the bottom half with what you see now and things just worked out. Disasters are a critical part of the painting process...

Cross No. 2

2009-02-12T16:26:00.000-07:00

Cross No. 2 was painted on acid free paper with acrylic paint and then varnished. It measures approximately 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches tall. No. 2 was painted in 2009.

Untitled No. 16

2009-02-12T16:23:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite compositions. This was painted on acid free paper with acrylic paint and then varnished. It measures 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches tall. No. 16 was painted in 2009.

Cross No. 1

2009-02-11T16:05:00.000-07:00

This abstract-geometric painting features a cross motif. The work measures approximately 7 inches wide and 9 1/4 inches tall with a 1/2 inch white border. I painted it with acrylic paint on acid free paper and coated it with varnish. I finished this painting in February 2009.

Y Series No. 5

2009-02-10T16:18:00.003-07:00

One of my favorites and a turning point in paint application, No. 5 was completed in 2008.

Untitled No. 10

2009-02-10T16:16:00.002-07:00

Untitled No. 10 was completed in 2007

Place No. 2

2009-02-10T16:14:00.001-07:00

Place No. 2 was completed in 2007

Bridge

2009-02-10T16:12:00.001-07:00

Bridge was completed in 2006

Parcel

2009-02-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

Parcel was painted in 2006 - a family favorite

Flower No. 1

2009-02-10T16:08:00.001-07:00

Flower No. 1 was painted in 2006

Factory No. 1

2009-02-10T16:05:00.000-07:00

Factory No. 1 was painted in 2006.