Julian Hatton,Warbler, 2014-15, 60 x 60 inches, oil on canvas
Julian Hatton is presenting an exhibition of lively new paintings at Elizabeth Harris Gallery through May 9, 2015. Working with aspects of observed landscape as his starting point, Hatton builds abstract compositions comprised of many layers of shapes and spaces -- beautiful contrasts of linear and planar dynamics laid out in juicy scumbled color. The paintings evolve and intensify through constant shifts and revisions, ultimately coalescing to a state of ecstatic presence -- a place of deep painterly integration. These works participate in a great tradition of abstraction that began with Kandinsky, and have affinities with Bonnard, De Niro Sr, Per Kirkeby, and Hatton's generational colleague Amy Sillman. They breathe with a joyous love of the medium, and easily pull us into their world of utter sensuality.
Julian Hatton, Sandwich, 2014-15, 34 x 38 inches, oil on canvas
Julian Hatton, Trouble, 2015, 60 x 60 inches, oil on canvas
Julian Hatton, Scrim, 2015, 60 x 60 inches, oil on canvas
Julian Hatton, Mystic, 2014-15, 60 x 60 inches, oil on canvas
Julian Hatton, Bramble, 2012, 24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas on panel
Julian Hatton, Trio, 2012-13, 24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas on panel
