Jeffrey Palladini / Fine Art / Painting / Thread Series / Thread 6

“In representing the random in my artwork, I challenged myself to explore ways to do so without including the human figure–a major departure for me, as nearly all of my work over the last 15 years has been figurative.

As I've created fully-realized artworks, the realization has crept in that one of the most fascinating things about this exploration is that, just as how the more you try to exert control the random creeps in, it turns out that the more you try to represent the random the more control creeps in. After all, I selected the string, its length, the distance from which I dropped it, how closely cropped the composition, the materials and colors used, etc.  And, it is not lost on me that my tightly controlled painting technique is certainly in juxtaposition to, if not at odds with, my goal of representing the random.” ~ Jeffrey Palladini

In Thread #6, Jeffrey painted over his original artwork, East, from one of his earliest collections. An extreme example for him in letting go of control. 

Thread #6 / East (Thread Series)

• Materials – Oil on panel
• Size – 17  x 24

Jeffrey Palladini has been painting for the past 20 years. His work has been exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions and is included in many private and corporate collections. There is a thread of the familiar in his work, a result of a gradual evolution over time, where each artwork informs the next. You can look at his paintings from fifteen years ago, and follow that forward to what he’s currently working on in the studio, and while you will see experimentation and evolution, the changes form a consistent and recognizable continuum.

“Jeffrey’s compositions are compelling not only for their emotive quality wherein we can find our own mirror, there is a graphical quality in the bold chromatic aesthetic, and perhaps familiar notes of the Swiss Style in his pursuit of simplicity,” shares Bonnie Powers, Poet and/the Bench co-founder.

Learn more about Jeffrey Palladini in our Conversations with an Artist series.