Unprimed and Unstretched

In this series of works some have grommets for hanging and displaying them and others will have grommets added to them in the future. Others can be displayed with a series of clip as shown in the photographs. It's said nature is perfect but too often artists change and alter what they see and create in their work beautiful image of nature but work that is disconnected, not the whole story. I want this work to fell connected to a garden and its imperfections...to feel FROM A GARDEN...and not OF A GARDEN. The imperfection are to me more real... more part of a garden, have more "rustic beauty", than a canvas presented stretched on a wooden stretcher which is in a sense detached. I lived in Japan for seven years. During that time what I valued the most, and what I sought out, were the examples of what the Japanese call Wabi and Sabi. In addition to that my thoughts in this series were of certain objects that had in them what I consider the beautiful almost surreal accidents, and imperfections, such as the Shroud of Turn.
Zen garden of Ryōan-ji, built during the Higashiyama period. The clay wall, stained with subtle brown and orange tones, reflects sabi principles, while the rock garden reflects wabi principles.[1]A Japanese tea house reflecting the wabi-sabi aesthetic in Kenroku-en (兼六園) GardenWabi-sabi tea bowl, Azuchi–Momoyama period, 16th century

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) centers on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] It is often described as the appreciation of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[3] It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.[4][5]

Wabi-sabi combines two interrelated concepts: wabi (侘) and sabi (寂). According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, wabi may be translated as "subdued, austere beauty", and sabi as "rustic patina".[6] Wabi-sabi derives from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印, sanbōin), which include impermanence (無常, mujō), suffering (苦, ku), and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空, kū).[7]

Characteristics of wabi-sabi aesthetics and principles include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and the appreciation of natural objects and... the forces of nature. - Wikipedia,

Garden Shroud (4 Foot by 4 Foot. Acrylic Paint on Canvas Tarp) My reference was the Shroud of Turin image and the cloth itself with all its imperfections. A small section of a simple garden and a sense of reverence and what in Japan is referred to as wabi-sabi or simplicity, roughness, asymmetry, and a deep appreciation for natural objects.

Two Garden Insects. 4 Foot by 4 Foot. Acrylic Paint on Canvas. Two garden insects confront each other in the blazing heat of a summer day.

Storm Warning/ Garden Study. (4 Foot by 4 Foot. Acrylic Paint on Canvas Tarp) My reference was the putting aside anything religious, Shroud of Turin image and the cloth itself with all its beautiful imperfections, accidents, and imperfections. Another is the poisonous political atmosphere in America gathering like a summer storm. cloud.

July 2025 Garden Study. (4 Foot by 4 Foot. Acrylic Paint on Canvas Tarp) My reference was the Shroud of Turin image and the cloth itself with all its imperfections. I wanted to apply a possible explanation for the image on the shroud...a sudden powerful flash of ultraviolet radiation emission, to a small section of a simple garden and by doing so giving it a sense of reverence and what in Japan

Unprimed and Unstretched

2026

David Verba

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Unprimed and Unstretched

2026

David Verba

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