Eulalia 1998.  Oil and alkyd on canvas, 52.5 x 46.5 inches.  Collection of the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington.

Eulalia 1998.  Oil and alkyd on canvas, 52.5 x 46.5 inches.  Collection of the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington.

Eulalia— work in progress, 1998.  Old studio at 1405 Elliott Avenue West, Seattle, Washington.  I built a wall-mounted, rotating easel.  Resting my hand on the support at the right of the photograph, I was able to make fine, even concentric stripes of color using pinstriping brushes.

Eulalia— work in progress, 1998.  Old studio at 1405 Elliott Avenue West, Seattle, Washington.  I built a wall-mounted, rotating easel.  Resting my hand on the support at the right of the photograph, I was able to make fine, even concentric stripes of color using pinstriping brushes.

Early Seattle painting studio, circa 1994.  The back room of our rental house in Greenwood.

Early Seattle painting studio, circa 1994.  The back room of our rental house in Greenwood.

Early Seattle studio, circa 1994.  The tiny back room of our rental house.

Early Seattle studio, circa 1994.  The tiny back room of our rental house.

Very early work:  a painting I made the year after I graduated from college.  Medium M. 1993.  Oil on aluminum, 36 x 60 inches.

Very early work:  a painting I made the year after I graduated from college.  Medium M. 1993.  Oil on aluminum, 36 x 60 inches.

Studio at 429 Boren Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, circa 2000.

Studio at 429 Boren Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, circa 2000.

John Yau on Thomas Nozkowski

From the review:  ”For more than half a century — at least since Hans Namuth’s photographs and film of Jackson Pollock painting — the art world has equated subversion with theatricality, which increasingly plays into mainstream society’s desire for spectacle and distraction.”

Synesthesia 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.

Synesthesia 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.

Untitled painting, 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.

Untitled painting, 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.

Artificial Life 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.

Artificial Life 2009.  Acrylic paint on canvas over wood, 23.5 x 18.75.  Private collection.