John Randall Nelson | SGFA | Sue Greenwood Fine Art | June 1 - July 17, 2017

JOHN RANDALL NELSON

An Animate Brand of Mobility June 1 – July 17

JOHN RANDALL NELSON “Working in the relative isolation of Arizona for the last ten years, John Nelson has synthesized his illustrative and sculptural experience into a unique body of work that combines painting, drawing, and text with narrative content. Nelson embraces the concept of artist as story teller, a chronicler of contemporary culture. His symbolic amalgamations, which often consist of a central image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text (anything from art criticism to nursery rhymes), make intuitive sense of the inundation that we experience in what Nelson sees as our “over-communicated, how-to world.” Bits and pieces from daily life are placed, layered, painted, sanded and repainted; in this persistent, almost obsessive editing and rearrangement we find the grammar of Nelson’s private language.

And because the constant reworking of the surface and the rearranging of form describe the process of discovery and creation, the paintings end up being narrative in two ways: they ask us to invent our own stories based on the images and messages that Nelson uses, but they also present the “story” of their own creation and invite us to share the restless, somewhat anxious journey of the art-making process. more to discover it reveals itself more slowly and it has greater longevity.”

-- Deborah Hilary Susser Cover: No Rare Attributes, 2016 Mixed media on panel 60" x 48" $8,200

JOHN RANDALL NELSON An Animate Brand of Mobility

June 1 – July 17, 2017 Opening Reception

First Thursday June 1, 6–9 PM

SGFA SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART 330 north coast hwy laguna beach, ca 92651 949.494.0669

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Indulge, 2016 Mixed media on panel 48" x 60" $8,200 CLICK FOR MORE

Honestly, 2016 Acrylic on wood panel 23" x 19" (framed) $1,600 CLICK FOR MORE

Says He’s Lonely, 2016 Mixed media on panel 48" x 36" $5,900 CLICK FOR MORE

Doesn’t Know What’s What, 2016 Mixed media on panel 23" x 19" (framed) $1,600 CLICK FOR MORE

Today #5, 2016 Mixed media on panel 60" x 48" $8,200 CLICK FOR MORE

Just Ravishing, 2016 Acrylic on panel 23" x 19" (framed) $1,600 CLICK FOR MORE

They Only Dreamed of Places, 2016 Mixed media on panel 50" x 35" $5,900 CLICK FOR MORE

Fine For Now, 2016 Mixed media on panel 48" x 36" $5,900 CLICK FOR MORE

Stealed Himself, 2016 Acrylic on panel 22" x 22" $1,800 CLICK FOR MORE

Bell Hop, 2016 Acrylic on panel 22" x 22" $1,800 CLICK FOR MORE

Indulge Me, 2016 Mixed media on panel 36" x 48" $5,900 CLICK FOR MORE

With Maximum Consciousness, 2016 Mixed Media 48" x 32" $5,700 CLICK FOR MORE

Downhill, 2016 Mixed media on panel 36" x 48" $5,900 CLICK FOR MORE