An ongoing painting series developed from photographs Nelson takes of his television while watching films at home. The images are selected less for their narrative significance than for unexpected arrangements of figures, objects and spaces: a body leaning, a clock, a room momentarily holding its objects in a particular way. Working in acrylic on unprimed hemp, Nelson uses these photographs as starting points, freely altering color, detail and composition while allowing the texture of the fabric to remain visible. The resulting paintings move between recognition and ambiguity, giving ordinary objects and incidental gestures the same pictorial importance as human figures. Familiar situations become strangely difficult to place, suggesting fragments of larger events whose meaning remains unresolved.
Balance Her In Between Your Eyes, 2026Acrylic on hemp36 × 30 in (91 × 76 cm)Brighten Your Night With My Day, 2026Acrylic on hemp72 × 108 in (183 × 274 cm)Ooh To Be Ah, 2026Acrylic on hemp48 × 36 in (122 × 91 cm)Hôtel Des Savanes (Instrumental), 2026Acrylic on hemp36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)Working title; unfinishedBears See Things Pretty Much the Way They Are, 2026Acrylic on hemp36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)Amarillo Highway (For Dave Hickey), 2026Acrylic on hemp48 × 60 in (122 × 152 cm)Silicone On Sapphire, 2026Acrylic on hemp48 × 36 in (122 × 91 cm)Beach Creatures Dancing Like Cranes, 2026Acrylic on hemp36 × 54 in (91 × 137 cm)10 Seconds Of Forever, 2026Acrylic on hemp60 × 48 in (152 × 122 cm)Delivering the Groceries at 138 Beats Per Minute, 2026Acrylic on hemp72 × 108 in (183 × 274 cm)Spirale Nelle Mani, 2026Acrylic on hemp36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)Working title; unfinishedThe Horizon Bleeds and Sucks Its Thumb, 2026Acrylic on hemp60 × 95 in (152 × 241 cm)