These meditative paintings offer viewers space for contemplative reflection. The work is typically subdued, dark, and minimal, punctuated with pure white or metallic gold. The resulting compositions exemplify a restrained, contemporary style that juxtaposes elements meaningfully: light and dark, precious and common, hopeful and somber, holy and base.
By obfuscating landscape in abstraction and symbolism, my work allows the viewer to imagine landscape as metaphor. The dynamic created between various formal elements is a response to tensions in our lived experiences of seeking the precious amidst the mundane. Harsh, raw marks contrast deep, soft tones and crisp geometry. Metallic gold defies other more common materials. In a time of unknowing, fear, suffering and distraction, this work invites the viewer toward contemplation and reverence.
18in. x 36in
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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40 Lenten Reflections
4in. x 4in each
Approx. 38in. x 38in. overall
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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Solemn Season Book – 2022
40 Actual-Size Prints of Lenten Reflections plus a poetic prayer by Victoria Yunez Behm, a fellow at the Divinity School at Duke University.
First edition, signed by the artist and author. /100
Second edition, unsigned. /100
24in. x 24in.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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Genesis 1: A Creation Narrative – 2021
4in. x 12in. each (approx. 26in. wide overall)
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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15in. x 30in.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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12in. x 36in.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas
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4in. x 12in. each.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas.
Commission.
4in. x 4in.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas.
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36in. x 18in.
18k gold and acrylic on canvas.
Commission.
Brian Behm Art 