Paul Verdell

Wrinkles, Folds, Silver, and GoldsAcrylic, oil, and collage on canvas72" x 86" 2024
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Dove in the GardenAcrylic, oil, and collage on canvas56" x 56"2024
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Seagulls Dilemma
Acrylic, oil, and collage on canvas
56" x 56"2024
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Sundown Eagle
Acrylic, oil, and collage on canvas
60" x 72"2024
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Dive towards the Sun
Acrylic, oil, and collage on canvas
62" x 62"2024
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Dragonfruit
Acrylic, oil, and collage on canvas
56" x 56"2024
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Paul Verdell

Paul Verdell is a painter based in Detroit, Michigan. Originally from Long Beach, California, he moved to Ohio as a teen and received a BFA from Bowling Green State University in December of 2018. Verdell approaches drawing and painting through the chosen media of oil and acrylic paints, oil pastels, and crayons, adding loose and instinctive marks to his two-dimensional works. He experiments freely with gesture and application through a constant cycle of creation and modification, working mutually with his material to allow it to reveal its desired form. What results from this focus on process are luminous and wild expanses of pigment that highlight Verdell’s agility and proficiency with color, a foundation upon which his practice thrives. Influencing the artist’s conceptual root is both internal discourse—an ongoing attempt to understand himself within a shifting and uncertain world through the act of painting—as well as his Black American heritage.

In addition to being a featured artist with Glass Breakfast you can find Paul's work at paulverdell.com.

Special thanks to

John Brooks

Library Street Collective