About this work
Burnished Edge No. 4 is a paper collage, ink, plaster, and wax on board work shaped around the color of oxidized metal against dust and chalk. Copper June keeps the palette anchored in oxidized copper, plaster white, and warm umber so the whole body of work reads as a single conversation.
Rent$325/mo
Artwork value$4,175
About the artist
Copper June
San Antonio, TX
Mateo Alvarez builds tactile mixed-media surfaces from salvaged flyers, coated paper, construction mesh, and hand-applied plaster. Working as Copper June, he treats each panel like a wall that has been written on, covered up, and weathered back open.
Artist statement
My paintings begin with accumulation. I trust abrasion, covering, and repair to reveal an image that feels lived in rather than designed from the start.