Artist Statement | Bran Palmer

Matter flows. My paintings are the residue of me playing a gentle game with liquid color in motion. As Thomas Nail wrote in Theory of the Earth, these "patterns of nature are emergent features of a universe in motion." 

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Folds, kinetic streams, patterns of motion, turbulence. I apply paint with cosmetic sponges, rotary tools, garden sprayers, narrow brushes, coaxing opacity to play with translucency, hues to vibrate side by side, to circulate and move, to glow and darken, to puddle into shapes on fabric, to soak in and to spread out on surfaces.

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I am keenly interested in what happens when we stop playing games with each other, when we stop caring for each other, and when we stop making time for each other. Our hands, which are routinely busy with the mundane enjoyment of washing dishes, chopping cucumbers or combing hair start doing things like denting, detonating, or sometimes they just become still.

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What happens when we take a minute to play, to find a place where we can meet and agree to spend a little time having fun with the game? This kinetic sport is part of our process of becoming.

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