Jeffrey Simmons Studio

OPEN WORK exhibition 2016

An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in vivid cadmium red light pigment on buff-colored wove watercolor paper.
Larger Cadmium Resonator I 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in black pigment on wove watercolor paper.
Larger Black Resonator I 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in black pigment on off-white watercolor paper.
Larger Black Resonator II 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in black pigment on buff watercolor paper.
Larger Black Resonator III 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in black pigment on buff watercolor paper.
Larger Black Resonator III 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in earth brown pigment on off-white watercolor paper.
Earth Resonator I 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in earth brown pigment on warm white watercolor paper.
Earth Resonator II 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in Mars red pigment on warm white watercolor paper.
Mars Resonator I 2016. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in Mars red pigment on warm white watercolor paper.
Mars Resonator II 2016. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in Cerulean blue pigment on off white watercolor paper.
Cerulean Traveler 2015. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting featuring a symmetrical, vertical arrangement of circles centered on the page, painted in earth brown pigment on buff colored watercolor paper.
Earth Traveler 2016. Watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes.
Larger Light Trap II 2015. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Private collection.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes.
Larger Light Trap III 2016. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 19 x 13 1/2 inches. Private collection.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes. The holes form the shape of a symmetrical ink blot image, looking a bit like skulls and butterflies.
Fire Serif I 2016. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 14 1/4 x 10 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes. The holes form the shape of a symmetrical ink blot image, this one specifically being card one of the Rorschach test card images.
Fire Serif III 2016. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 14 1/4 x 10 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes. The holes form the shape of a symmetrical ink blot image.
Fire Serif IV 2016. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 14 1/4 x 10 inches. Private collection.
A tricky abstract painting composed of a cluster of holes punched through a sheet of white watercolor paper. Color applied to the underside of the paper reflects off of the mat board underneath the painting, causing soft colors to be visible through the holes. The holes form the shape of a symmetrical ink blot image, this one specifically being card four of the Rorschach test card images, the "Father Card."
Fire Serif V 2016. Paper with holes, watercolor on reverse; 14.25 x 10 inches. Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract image painted across six sheets of watercolor paper, composed of columns of blue-black circles forming the shape of two overlapping ellipses. There are smaller shapes throughout, in various colors.
Mirror Rim I 2016. Watercolor on paper, 28 1/4 x 24 3/4 inches (6 parts, 14 x 8 inches each). Private collection.
An abstract watercolor painting composed of columns of circles, on two sheets of paper. The circles on the left sheet are painted blue-black, the circles on the right sheet are a very dark magenta-purple color. The Amen Break is a popular drum break sample used extensively in popular music; it was taken from the single "Amen, Brother" (1969) by The Winstons.
Amen Break I 2016. Watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (2 parts, 16 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each). Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting composed of columns of circles, on two sheets of paper. The circles on the left sheet are painted blue-black, the circles on the right sheet are a very dark magenta-purple color. The Amen Break is a popular drum break sample used extensively in popular music; it was taken from the single "Amen, Brother" (1969) by The Winstons.
Amen Break II 2016. Watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (2 parts, 16 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each). Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
An abstract watercolor painting on three sheets of paper, featuring columns of circles painted in a gradient running from left to right across all three sheets. A subtle gap in the circle pattern forms the negative shape of the outline of an ellipse across the image.
Strength of Strings 2016. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 30 1/4 inches (3 parts, 17 x 9 3/4 inches each). Private collection.