steve barylick

Being a drummer as well as a painter, my musical preferences influence the outcome of each painting in some rhythmic, left/right brain, connective-tissue miracle.

As you first look at my work, try if you can to forget you are seeing any color at all, because every painting begins without color. I start instead with very thick acrylic gel, and do extensive "drawing" with clear tar and string gels. The designed, sculpted texture and intricate lines become my underpainting.

The acrylic gel is the consistency of very thick pudding that's milk-white when first applied to the canvas and dries almost clear. Tar and string gels dry totally clear and offer a 'resist', giving me the option to partially remove layers of paint.

The colors come from a combination of glazes, washes, metallic pigments, gold and copper leaf, cold wax, spray paint and acrylic paint.

My hope is that you will feel free to experience pleasure from the work in your own way, as I have freely created it.

After a 30-year career as an art and creative director, Steve started painting in 2007. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Art, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. Steve also received a Certificate in Art History from the School of Fine Arts at Boston University.