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@juxtapozmag post on my online solo with @andranorrisgallery link in bio (at Andra Norris Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGdH_nn5rS/?igshid=1kl0u1lv7pzv8

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@juxtapozmag blog post on my exhibition: HER hosted by @andranorrisgallery link to article and slideshow in bio (at Andra Norris Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCE9MhbHXXE/?igshid=1b0yh5kwg8vr7

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Nyi Loro Kidul, 2020, oil on canvas, 60x54 inches Ihave painted figures in waves before, and have painted them out. In this work, the figure is there only as an apparition. The title comes from the Javanese legend of a mythological figure—the Queen of the South Seas. I learned of her when I lived in Java, and was warned that if I wear a green swimsuit, she would make me part of her undersea army. #davidmolesky #figureinwater #oceanpainting (at Parangtritis) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2nkU7HzV5/?igshid=fqxr1oursbsq

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Reading the Ripples, 2019, oil on oval-shaped panel, 10x13inches "If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." - Nietzsche This small painting on oval-shaped panel is included in my solo exhibition, HER, hosted by @andranorrisgallery —link in bio #davidmolesky #figureinwater #ovalpainting (at Harriman State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfj3Ron3xg/?igshid=qpirgfwrqazx

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Part of my solo exhibition with @andranorrisgallery — link in bio— Union with Stone, 2020, oil on linen, 36x48 inches over the past couple years, I've been developing a new look to my paintings that is a departure from the 19th-century finish. Experimenting with various ways to begin a painting, I've found some interesting solutions for depicting my narratives. #davidmolesky #contemporarypainting #figurativenarrative (at Upstate N.Y) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAddvIin2IR/?igshid=k48zxied4rht

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#worldwaterday2020 , oil on linen, 39x43 inches, 2009, private collection. My forever muse, the source and shape of all life past-present-future https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DCcnmHD-l/?igshid=2dxe3nuomwig

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#primetime #studiovibes #davidmolesky (at Bushwick, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KPZy-n1Hb/?igshid=xerhnenlg94

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Thrilled my painting, “Beach Break” 2005/2009, is now in a collection which includes Giacometti, Paul Klee, and Jasper Johns amongst other promised gifts to the MoMA. #davidmolesky #wavepainting #oiloncanvas (at Columbus Circle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55npTgnf55/?igshid=jhe8rfeq4gv0

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40x48 inches, oil on linen, 2019 Excited to be delivering this painting to a silicon valley denizen next week. I love how this brilliant new friend could intuit that this painting dialogues with sensations in the mouth, especially while eating something delicious! #incredibleintuition #wavepainting #davidmolesky https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SNAvrnwe1/?igshid=1pyjiwvm88j44

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Unfinished Breakfast (Empty Bowls #3), 2019, oil on canvas, 52x60 inches - sold and headed to its new home across the pond #davidmolesky (at Reykjavík, Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B39iApDHTTf/?igshid=18bljo1fmt43b

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Eclipse of an Undercurrent, 36x48inches from a sub-series called Turbulent Mirror (2010-2013) - about the changing nature of the oceans, their contents, temperatures, and currents. Had fun making this one, its goopy and I love that purplish color, its called antique pink, some variation on ultramarine, a pigment I got from Sinopia in San Francisco. #sinopiapigments #spume #turbulentmirror (at East Williamsburg, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2oeSSynNi5/?igshid=102lpnb8226bz

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BYLGJA, 2018, homemade paint, chalk, and charcoal on linen, 83x113 inches #monochromaticpainting #wavepainting #largescalepainting (at East Williamsburg, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2l5djVn4oO/?igshid=1xoh9hjv0z4nu

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“Creature of Boonoo Boonoo,” 2019, oil on oval canvas, 24x20 inches Boonoo Boonoo is the aboriginal name for a place without food. I visited the national park with this name over the winter (Australian summer). Since then there has been a bush fire and a massive draught. Now the same view has no plants or water. #boonooboonoo #figureinlandscape #ovalpainting (at Boonoo Boonoo National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eQF4jnLjK/?igshid=9gwvp0uf72w9

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Very pleased to announce that one of my paintings was chosen by the curators for inclusion in ‘Painting the Figure Now.’ The exhibition contains many of the best figurative painters working today including @vincent_desiderio and @thebobartlett to name a few. In my painting, the way that the figure looks into a mirror while accompanied by a dog relates it to many classical depictions of Venus. These likenesses along with the strong V-shape lead me to title the piece: ‘V-ness,’ 2019, oil on linen, 16x20 inches. For more information on the piece please visit the artsy link in my bio.#davidmolesky #zhoubartcenter #contemporaryfigurativepainting (at Zhou B Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNjOzXHpNj/?igshid=2644a1hqkwh3

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Root of the Matter, 2019, oil on canvas, 36x54 inch diptych. Currently on view at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago through July 12. More information through artsy link in bio. #davidmolesky #protestpainting #historypainting (at Zhou B Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLDILxnXNh/?igshid=eplwrr0aae41

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Another one session start. I’m at a point with these works where I want to see more of what happens when I derail myself from driving towards a 19th century atelier-type finish. I’ll share another image of this soon #davidmolesky #unfinishedpainting (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzAq1tzHBHx/?igshid=iepgbod8vflg

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When painter friends visit my studio, they often gravitate towards the paintings I am just starting and try to convince me to leave it, in what at first glance might seem an unfinished state. Perhaps this is because I work on the entire composition at once and develop it with a hierarchical sense, so that each successive mark is what it needs at that stage - just for the pleasure of watching it develop. If at a certain stage it feels to have something that would be lost by rendering it further, I can stop and start again on another canvas. I’ll leave this one as is. Unfinished Breakfast, 2019, oil on linen on wood, 14x18 inches #davidmolesky (at East Williamsburg, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByZ66nOnKF3/?igshid=niduyr3az5c1