Untitled. Unframed. Three unique panels, layered; Combined size: 14”X11", Acrylic on canvas board.

One of my layered tile panel compositions. Not composed with masking areas of a canvas. Three completely separate compositions; three paintings -- combined to create something wholly new. I love the depth and texture and shadow aspects. For a while I was making a whole bunch of different small paintings and then looking around at what I had to see what would create various effects with various combinations. 

I love hearing from viewers and would be delighted to answer any questions about the pieces, or the process which went into its creation. Customization inquiries are always welcomed. Happy to send additional photos.

About My Artwork

The photos were taken in direct sunlight, but my paintings contain extensive texture, and color, occasionally iridescence and shadow, with varying intensity depending on perspective and distance. I personally love holding the paintings up close and exploring areas of detail. There is always more to be seen in each of my paintings the closer you look. Some of my works even have a base-layer of textural design blended into the undercoating on the painting.

I work with a combination of acrylic paint and nail polish on standard stretch canvas. Every piece of artwork being offered for sale are one-of-a-kind original, personally painted, original artwork. I don't particularly consider my artwork "Jackson Pollock Like" (even though his work had a massive influence upon me growing up in NYC and being able to see his paintings up-close, in-person). However, for the purposes of eBay's search algorithm, there are those key-words in the heading.

Occasionally, I will name a finished painting. Mostly my artwork is dated and numbered (a quirk I picked-up from Wassily Kandinsky's history of numbered abstract works). If you've read this far already, then you have a foundation of my primary artist influences, and I can offer some additional information about me and my process.

My portfolio gallery is @ JesseHupplebump.

About the Artist (me)

First things first: My wife and I have been selling books on-line for nearly 20 years, and thus any review of my eBay account shows a long history of book orders and a booksellers storefront, rather than a artist's account. That said… now I’m trying to sell some of my artwork.

My earlier works were giant color fields of blended, smooth, water and sky-like creations -- all inspired by watching sunsets over the Long Island Sound growing up. As my interest in pursing artwork developed I began exploring ways to enhance my color fields. When I was truly a broke, starving artist I would paint on found-objects. Anything from paper towel tubes, to styrofoam packing material, buttons, wooden kitchen spoons, to trinket boxes. I have created an enormous catalog of hand-painted unique electrical outlets, light switches, and wall plates which I love, and has been an artistic obsession of mine for decades. I get such a kick out of having an electrical wall plate “hanging” on the wall, which is, itself, a piece of artwork on the wall continues to appeal to me, something I think of as "functional" art. I even have a series of painted answering machines and old cellphones.

I have worked with a lot of rigid canvas panels, and layered the tiles, trying to building (what I have come to call) "painting sculptures", to bring both depth and contrast to my color fields. When they photograph, they present what appears to be just a process of multiple masked areas. In person, however, these works cast shadow and depth. A few years ago I began exploring Miro and those very "lyrical lines" that he employed. After many explorations I discovered nail polish provided me the very delicate, gestural, dynamic action lines I was looking to explore. These days I find myself rarely using my paintbrushes. When people ask, I tell people, "I paint with nail polish."

During my painting process, sometimes I will apply a base-layer of texture -- most similar to the veins in tree leaves -- upon which I will layer a base colorfield and background, although most often I work with a basic bright white background. Then I add (what my art-history graduate friend wants me to call) "gestural marks, paint dripping, splashing — pure abstract visions, with fluidity of dynamic motion." For me, I am more focused on the color pallet; the balance, harmony, and contrast between color, tone, hue, tint and shade, added by the nail polish lines.