The Abstract Art of John L. Payne: "Dark Matter" - 24" x 24" x 1.5" - Acrylic on door panel

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

"Dark Matter" - 24" x 24" x 1.5" - Acrylic on door panel - $225.00 SOLD

This is a small piece from a series of paintings in which I am experimenting with a wet on wet technique. There is something very organic about the ways colors blend into each other and I am very drawn to these effects. In this painting I imagine cluster after cluster of galaxies filling the universe with only the blackness of space between them. Apparently, to scientists, this so called "empty space" is not empty at all but is made up of a combination of dark matter and dark energy. They say that over the life of the universe that 75% of dark matter has converted to dark energy and that this "stuff" (that cannot be seen or proven to exist) is now causing the universe to expand faster. To me this is yet another example of how God works. You cannot see him and yet His effects can be measured in our lives. We cannot feel his Spirit physically yet we experience the effects of His love and grace every single day! If science can have faith in an invisible source of matter and energy that causes an effect over the entire universe, then why is it so strange for me to have faith in God?

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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.