The Abstract Art of John L. Payne: "Fade to Black 2" - 24" x 24" x 1.5" - Acrylic on hollow core door panel

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

"Fade to Black 2" - 24" x 24" x 1.5" - Acrylic on hollow core door panel - $250.00

Here is another little 24 x 24 inch painting created for my mobile art business. As often happens in art this piece involved a happy accident. I was using an empty gesso bucket to create a black circle around the large "planetoid" (??) at the bottom left. I had a sheet of wax paper with black paint on it and was moving the lip of the bucket around in the paint so I could transfer it. When I was done I looked at the wax paper and really liked the effect that I saw so I duplicated it in the top half of the painting. The result becomes the story behind the painting.

Who knows how long the earth has been here, some say 6,000 years and others 4.5 billion. What we do know according to the Bible is that one day the earth will be destroyed by fire.

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

This painting then is a before and after; the current earth below and the blackened cinder that it will become before crumbling away once again to the dust that formed it.

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Artist Bio

Born in Oklahoma, John Payne began drawing and painting at the age of six. Though educated and involved in the arts well into college, his life and career path drastically changed when he enlisted into the United States Nuclear Navy at the age of 21. As a submariner, chemist and nuclear plant operator, safety became an integral part of his daily life. After leaving the Navy he followed a similar path working in radiation/chemical safety and ultimately as an Environmental Health and Safety Manager for over 20 years before returning full time to his passion as an artist. John is motivated by the works of the mid-century expressionists and current abstract artists alike. While some of John's work is pure expressionism, many of his pieces are more ordered in their chaos. This effort to control the abstraction with a sense of “boundaries” is reminiscent, states the artist, of the efforts we all make to live passionately while still attempting to conform to moral and social responsibilities. John’s work is thought provoking and often littered with social and philosophical commentary. As a Navy veteran John has traveled across the USA and to other countries as well, experiencing sights and cultures which have served as inspiration to his work. After 20+ years of working in the corporate world with art as his hobby, John has recently abandoned “the grind” to pursue his work as an artist in earnest. He offers that the decision was not only overdue but "very liberating". John lives in Springfield, Missouri with his wife Pattie and two dogs.