Chicago area artist Eric Carbrey recently showed his paintings about nautical knots at the Komechak Art gallery, from October 2 to November 11, 2017. Carbrey is a painter and graphic artist, originally from Kansas, who migrated to Chicago 2 years ago with his wife and young son. His other paintings often have close up views of graphic fonts as modern day abstraction based upon popular culture. The impression of some of them is that of a switchboard or a panel from the inside of a computer panel.
Carbrey's works incorporate a recycling element where by he uses recycled house paint from the local recycling center to make all of his paintings. The works are mounted onto board and in the Komechak Art gallery, Carbrey exhibited a dozen works based upon the nautical knot theme. Every painting was based upon a specific nautical knot. Visitors to the gallery were encouraged to try their hand at making the same knots as were int he paintings with rope and instructions provided by the artist.
His process is to work in multiples and paint the same color on every painting, and then move to another color the next day, and so on, and so on. So there is a unity in the works produced at the same period - again, all with the same recycled paints.
The look of his work is fresh, with bright engaging colors, crisp lines and a multitude of angles all overlapping each other. There is great depth and close proximity present in each work. i am reminded of the work of Al Held and several of the Op Art movement from the 1960s and 1970s. The retro look of the work is engaging and the scale draws in his audience to become part of the plethora of lines and shapes.
His work is something to look for, and collect if you can get it. He makes his work affordable to young collectors and the purpose is to share his ideas and concepts with the public. All in all, a great young talent.
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