About this work
Mesa Pattern I continues Lark Mason's studio language of night color settling over desert architecture. The work balances structure with drift, using acrylic and aerosol on panel to hold onto process, pressure, and small changes in tone.
Rent$150/mo
Artwork value$1,975
About the artist
Lark Mason
El Paso, TX
Nico Ortega's contemporary paintings draw from border light, painted signage, and the color logic of desert nights. As Lark Mason, Ortega favors restrained compositions with one or two disruptive gestures that keep each work from settling too neatly.
Artist statement
I am interested in the moment a clean structure starts to loosen. A painting becomes real for me when order and accident can both still be seen.