Nathan Rutkowski

Something I Learned Today. Acrylic on plastic industrial size trash bag paper towels coloring book pages gift wrap.

Composition 5/25/2024 For William Auge Sr. Acrylic on plastic bags paper towels and cardboard.

Composition 1/1/2024 New Years Day lunch at the Legacy Diner. Acrylic on plastic bags, paper diner placemat and cardboard.

Composition 12/5/2023 Acrylic on cardboard with special thanks to Philip Carroll.

Artist statement 

 18 years after graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. I decided to try the Surrealist techniques of automatic drawing. The decision was to break into free association. Began making larger works on paper in acrylic with automatic drawings as a starting point and a figure or portrait included with them. The series has fluctuated between non-objective and figurative imagery. 

 Recycled materials supports such as cardboard and plastic bags with irregular perimeters and surfaces were introduced with this imagery. The bumpy material selection is an aid in the chance interactions with a brush.