Max Presneill
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2016

The usually large scale abstract paintings of Max Presneill employ a vibrant and often jarring field of color, embedded with marks, scrawls, erasures and blockages, to question the act of painting and it's relationship to issues of existential intent and obligation, so leaning towards both a statement of individual presence (and thus a resistance to his own mortality) as much as an oblique political statement. The marks themselves, sourcing from sub-cultures, art history, accident and design, showcase a myriad of bravura methods of applying paint, in a move and countermove game of suppression and control.  2016

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RD151. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
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RD150. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas x 36 units. dimensions variable
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RD048.2. 2017. oil and enamel on canvas. 60 x 46 inches
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RD152. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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RD153. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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RD140. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 84 x 96 inches
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RD143. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 84 x 132 inches
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RD142. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 96 x 84 inches
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RD141. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 84 x 96 inches
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RD139. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 56 x 53 inches
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RD149. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 60 x 50 inches
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RD148. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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RD147. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 42 x 36 inches
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RD138. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 60 x 50 inches
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RD136.2. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.
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RD135. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 68 x 52 inches
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RD144. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 36 x 34 inches
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RD145.2016.oil and enamel on canvas. 46 x 48 inches
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RD146. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 36 x 36 inches
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RD122. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 72 x 60 inches (sold)
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RD132. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 72 x 60 inches.
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RD125. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 60 x 48 inches
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RD130. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 60 x 48 inches
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RD127.2. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 67 x 56 inches
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RD131. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 58 x 46 inches
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RD121. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 72 x 60 inches
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RD120. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 72 x 60 inches
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RD124. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 52 x 50 inches
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RD130. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 60 x 35.5 inches
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RD128. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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RD129. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 40 x 36 inches
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REDACT 098 - Victor von. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 67 x 56 inches
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RD118. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 67 x 56 inches.
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REDACT 090.2. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas over panel. 60 x 48 inches.
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RD116. 2016. oil on canvas. 60 x 60 inches
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RD117. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 52 x 50 inches.
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RD119. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas. 52 x 60 inches
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REDACT 097 - Gilgamesh. work in progress. oil and enamel on canvas. 96 x 84 inches
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RD113. 2016. oil, acrylic on panel. 53 x 48 inches.
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REDACT 099 - Prometheus. 2016. oil, acrylic on canvas. 83 x 71 inches
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RD111. 2016. oil, acrylic on panel. 53 x 48 inches.
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RD101 - Duncan Idaho. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD114. 2016. oil, acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches.
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RD102 - Lestat. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD112. 2016. oil, acrylic on panel. 53 x 48 inches.
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RD103 - Connor MacLeod. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 24 x 18 inches
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RD104 - The Pan. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD106 - Pandora. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD108 - They Killed Kenny! 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD109 - Alobar’s Perfume. 2016. oil and acrylic on canvas. 53 x 48 inches
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RD#33. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#37. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#39. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#41. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#43. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#34. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#36. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#38. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#40. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#42. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD#44. 2016. oil, enamel on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
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RD drawing #1. 2016. paper, acrylic, book page, enamel, marker. 19 x 12.5 inches.
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RD drawing #3. 2016. paper, acrylic, book page, enamel, marker. 19 x 12.5 inches.
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RD drawing #2. 2016. paper, acrylic, book page, enamel, marker. 19 x 12.5 inches.
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RD drawing #4. 2016. paper, acrylic, book page, enamel, marker. 19 x 12.5 inches.
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REDACT 081.2. 2016. oil and enamel on canvas over panel. 53 x 48 inches
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