Paper Still Life in Work Space, Minneapolis Minnesota
“A diorama made of paper boxes and cardboard. The colors are invented, and the shallow walls around me summarized by dark space. The beige has a light touch and the paper is wrinkling (literally).I felt restrained. In stubborn contemplation without a subject. I moved to Japan three months later.”
Paper Still Life in Work Space, Minneapolis Minnesota
08.2025 (frame), 11.2016 (artwork)
11 x 9.25 x 1 in. (frame), 5 × 7.25 in. (artwork)
oil colors, acrylic, paper, fiberboard, museum board, veneer plywood, epoxy, polyurethane
Frames are hand-fabricated by the artist
Series 5
David Eli Tompkins
“A diorama made of paper boxes and cardboard. The colors are invented, and the shallow walls around me summarized by dark space. The beige has a light touch and the paper is wrinkling (literally).I felt restrained. In stubborn contemplation without a subject. I moved to Japan three months later.”
Paper Still Life in Work Space, Minneapolis Minnesota
08.2025 (frame), 11.2016 (artwork)
11 x 9.25 x 1 in. (frame), 5 × 7.25 in. (artwork)
oil colors, acrylic, paper, fiberboard, museum board, veneer plywood, epoxy, polyurethane
Frames are hand-fabricated by the artist
Series 5
David Eli Tompkins
“A diorama made of paper boxes and cardboard. The colors are invented, and the shallow walls around me summarized by dark space. The beige has a light touch and the paper is wrinkling (literally).I felt restrained. In stubborn contemplation without a subject. I moved to Japan three months later.”
Paper Still Life in Work Space, Minneapolis Minnesota
08.2025 (frame), 11.2016 (artwork)
11 x 9.25 x 1 in. (frame), 5 × 7.25 in. (artwork)
oil colors, acrylic, paper, fiberboard, museum board, veneer plywood, epoxy, polyurethane
Frames are hand-fabricated by the artist
Series 5
David Eli Tompkins
