| Larry Shineman | ||
| Birth Date: 1943 |
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| Larry Shineman (still living in the Columbus, Ohio area) was the first painting teacher who made a lasting impression on me ( circa1971) as a student majoring in painting and drawing at The Ohio State University. Under his tutelage, I began making very large abstract acrylic and latex paintings (roughly 6’ x 6’ or 7’), and experimenting with various paint application methods to achieve particular “effects”.
Keep in mind, this was an incredibly rich period in American Abstraction. Many artists had already become very prominent and influential in various manifestations of the abstract genre: color field, lyrical expressionism, geometric, “op art”, and minimalism.
I was fascinated by Shineman’s own methods and tools – spray paints, spray bottles, squeegees, wide blades, rags, paint poured out of coffee cans, and yes, occasionally real paint brushes. To my young mind at that time, those tools struck me as revolutionary breakthroughs in achieving remarkably poetic, sweeping surfaces that could convey both motion and depth.
I remember- like it was yesterday - being particularly pleased to be in his studio on one occasion as he was working on “Wind River”. With a wide piece of thin wood (or cardboard) in one hand and can of color in the other, he stooped down to the canvas laid out on the floor, poured out some color, and swiped his “blade” across the wet surface. It was every bit as thrilling to me as the famous films I had already seen of Jackson Pollock flinging paint from a stick.
Written by Tom Wachunas
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