Richard Tsao, originally from Thailand, lives and works in New York. He is known for using a process oriented, labor intensive approach and particular aesthetic of beauty in creating his paintings and works on paper.
With Tsao's recent works on canvas and wood, his unrestrained use of color seems to appropriately present itself in just the right balance. He manipulates pure pigment with an alchemist's instincts in an approach that leaves his work vibrantly colored. With pigment thoroughly encrusting the canvas or wood supports and with sections of the encrustations sticking out well beyond the supports’ edges, Tsao’s works are less painted than accumulated—they may be years in the making.
In Tsao's recent works on paper, CP Series, he saturates paper with purples, reds and other rich hues in a multistep monotype process. Found items from nature, such as leaves, provide a starting point to create bold silhouettes or barely discernible vegetal forms. Captured on paper, in dramatic inter-plays of contrasting values and bold color, pigment seems yet in dynamic motion.
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