Drawn to the vibrant palette of his neon-lit hometown, Las Vegas, painter Tim Bavington is a master of richly saturated color and visceral execution.

Sourcing the melodies, instrument solos and prominent arrangements from pop and rock songs, he transcribes music into bands of synthetic polymer – revoking the dynamic mood of the ballad through pigment. A lyrical Neil Young becomes a linear arrangement of polychromatic stripes while a fervent Jimi Hendrix transforms into bleeding psychedelic abstraction – the style of both soloists echoed in Bavington’s own interpretive technique.

With a nod to his post-painterly abstraction forbearers, like Gene Davis and Kenneth Noland, Bavington distorts and short circuits his progressions to the point of ambient harmony; nearly Rothko-like in his ability to engender atmospheric swells and undulations in his canvases. Click here for more info.

Mark Moore Gallery : 5790 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232