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  1. SMILE THROUGH IT by Wes Aderhold, Image 1.

    Wes Aderhold

    SMILE THROUGH IT, 2021

    Acrylic, oil pastel, oil bar on canvas

    69 x 42 in (175.26 x 106.68 cm)

  2. Cul-de-Sac by Wes Aderhold, Image 1.

    Wes Aderhold

    Cul-de-Sac, 2021

    Acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal on canvas

    60 x 60 in (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

  3. Costume Party by Wes Aderhold, Image 1.

    Wes Aderhold

    Costume Party, 2021

    Acrylic, oil pastel on canvas

    48 x 60 in (121.92 x 152.4 cm)

  4. Pay the prince by Wes Aderhold, Image 1.

    Wes Aderhold

    Pay the prince, 2020

    Acrylic, oil pastel on canvas

    48 x 60 in (121.92 x 152.4 cm)

Wes Aderhold is an artist living and working in New York City. He is self-taught and blends abstraction, figuration, and cubism. He is inspired by the ubiquitous difficulties of life and the underpinnings of being human.

Wes paints disjointed works, as if looking through a broken kaleidoscope that reveals things in their true distortion. He brings a contemporary approach to modern cubism, teasing out turmoil and acceptance. Eyes, ears, feet, breasts, and food labels are chopped up then reassembled, rendered in architectural forms. Across this body of work, there is a tight pallet: salmon pinks, turquoise, gold, navy, taupe, and large masses of black and white. There is a sense of nostalgia in this pallet, something sort of familiar and disquieting. Through his use of the familiar, he invites the viewer in easily; it is through the composition of these familiar pieces that the tension arises.