Precipice
Richard Pence
Mixed media: impasto and knife-sculpted acrylic on canvas
30 × 24 in
$2,400
A surface of grey and violet built up with the knife into slabs, shards and broken plates, scored through with long cut lines and scattered with loose grit. In the upper right a block of ridged layers stands out like exposed strata, and the whole field darkens toward violet at the bottom edge. Up close it reads as rock face as much as paint.