Exit Music #66 (Bloom Kintsugi)

15" x 23" original acrylic on board by Florida based artist Nathan Beard. Nathan Beard's paintings are an abstract representation of the fleeting moments of everyday life. Conceptually, he is drawn to interweaving layers and their metaphorical application to memory recall, and moments in time. Each painting is based upon a recollection of the sensations, colors and spaces perceived by the artist. This piece in particular follows family lines and lineage.  See more from Nathan Beard here. More from the Artist: The Kintsugi series continues to evolve with Life Lines, a project that re-envisions the family tree as a vine, representing individuals as lines moving through Space-Time rather than as points arranged generationally and connected by branches. Leveraging the collective power of his extended family’s memory of itself, Beard has mapped 6 generations of his maternal, paternal, step and married families. Each individual’s line is depicted with guidance from data – year of birth, depa