Charles Garabedian

American
(1923–2016)

Salmon Studio
1998

Acrylic, watercolor, oil pastel, crayon, and charcoal on paper
41.25 x 120.75 x 2 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2002.47

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• biomorphic
• Brick walls - Sources:
  - Patterned wall, Ch'angdŏkkung Palace, Seoul, Korea, April 1979, via University of Washington digital collections, International Collections, Mar. 10, 2021
  - Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Mar. 10, 2021
• eyes
• grids - Networks of horizontal and vertical lines used to guide the layout of graphic material.
• hammers - Hand tools having a hard solid head, usually of metal or stone, set transversely on a handle. They are used for driving nails, beating, breaking, or other applications involving pounding or striking. The term may also refer to machines in which a heavy block of metal is used for the same purpose.
• lips
• mustache
• shapes