Art: the San Mateo series

I'm not sure if it will be a real series in the conventional sense, but I recently decided to take one of two large (4' x 5') pieces of cardstock/hot press board that I had for many years, most prevalently in my working space during a seminal period living in San Mateo, and do something with it. For a long time I ended up using it as a floor or easel backstop to capture spray/drip remnants from other illustrations and paintings I worked on, and once in a while I would simple take what I […]

https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/art-the-san-mateo-series/

She exists as in dreams. tempera on canvas. 24"x24". 2026

"She exists as in dreams. She has no sense of reality. She gets nervous because people are always interrupting her daydreams." - Clarice Lispector

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Art: A Perda Nunca Desaparece, Apenas Muda de Forma

The title is Portuguese for Loss Never Leaves, Only Changes Shape. What started as what I thought would be an addition to the Disquiet series, kind of went into another direction as I tried some different things; I once accidentally bought a single tube of "water mixable oil colour" (I thought it was gouache and I think was misplaced in the gouache section of an art supply store near Joshua Tree/Morongo Valley) which had a permanent rose hue I really dug, but I discovered it was a wholly […]

https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/art-a-perda-nunca-desaparece-apenas-muda-de-forma/

I’ve been dying to share this one!

‘The Visitor’

Limited edition 1/8 + 2AP

Finalist in the 2025 Henry Jones Art Prize and the first release from my next collection.

More details to come…

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📢 New Talent Development Grant Scheme opens 31 March, 10:00 AM CEST!

Are you an emerging designer ready to take your practice to the next level? We are excited to announce our renewed Talent Development Grant Scheme, offering € 25,000 grants which you can invest in developing your practice over one year 🚀

Mind that some things have changed compared to previous years. We for example use a one-phase application process, assess a maximum number of applications and are only open for designers with minimum one year post-graduation experience.

The scheme opens on 31 March, 10:00 AM CEST. Prepare yourself by...
💡Reading the news article about the main changes.
💡Exploring the updated grant scheme documents on our website.
💡Signing up for the online consultation hour on March 12 (16:00-17:30) or one of the writing sessions from March 18 till March 27 across the country.
💡Create an account and prepare your application well before the opening date.

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New #art built (mostly) from 22 year old scans from an unpublished #painting called "epithet" that I fell upon and decided to completely deconstruct, then add a few layers of stuff from the last few weeks, then torque again into this, which fits into the long running #disquiet series. This is "disquiet 52 (botânica psicológica)" available for sale as an original or prints. #artshare #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #emergingart #contemporaryart

Les Cowboys et les Idiens
2024

**idien** [i.djɛ̃] *(nom masculin ou féminin)*

**Étymologie :** Du latin *idea* (« idée ») et suffixe -ien, indiquant l’appartenance ou l’origine.

**Définition :**

1. **Être immatériel et abstrait**, autochtone du monde des idées, vivant en harmonie avec l'univers des concepts, des émotions et des pensées. L'idien incarne une forme pure de conscience imaginative, dépourvue de corporalité.

2. **Langage :** l’Idien communique par un système de **symboles émotionnels**, semblables à l’iconographique visuelle utilisée dans la bande dessinée, permettant d'exprimer intuitivement des sentiments et des idées complexes sans recours au langage verbal.

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The primary colors roasting the white cube
2016

J’ai acheté trois statuettes africaines qui, comme beaucoup de leurs soeurs arrivées dans nos contrées, ont perdu leurs origines, lointain passés oubliés. Le vendeur ne pouvait me dire avec certitude leurs provenances ou parcours. Tout au plus quelques supputations bien légères.

Le « white cube » terme désignant un ensemble de dispositifs scéniques devenus incontournables de nos jours dans la monstration de l’Art peut aussi être assimilé à un outil politique visant à assoir une certaine suprématie de la culture occidentale autant dans sa sacralité que dans sa dimension sociologique et de marché. Sorte de moule implacable qui, tout en donnant à voir, invisibilise ce qui ne saurait s’y soumettre. Il devient ici personnage à la merci des couleurs premières qui, dans un retournement des jeux de force, en font un bon dîner à dépecer

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Dices paintings - Series n° 001
2023

Une certaine représentation du hasard. « Dices paintings » est un ensemble de peintures de petit format dont l’aspect formel est défini par jets de dés. Le type de fond, la présence d’un cadre ou non, les couleurs ainsi que l’objet de la peinture sont successivement fixés par les dés. Le processus est conçu de tel manière qu’une toile subissant la successions des tirages peut néanmoins dans de rares cas rester immaculée. Elle acquiert cependant le même statut que les autres tout en restant vierge.


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