Work
Julia Rommel is an American abstract painter. [3] [4] Her early paintings were typically monochromes of blacks and muted colors. [5] Rommel make paintings of various sizes with cool to warm color palettes of blues, greys, reds and bright citrus hues. [6] She makes her paintings using a construction and deconstruction process. [7] [8] Rommel’s laborious process of painting includes cutting and sanding the canvas, and wiping away and adding layers of paint. [6] [9] Her working method stresses the canvas surfaces with physical manipulation, and admits frayed edges and staple holes. [6] [9] Rommel allows imperfection in her painting which gives her work a handmade aesthetic. [10] “Whenever I approach what looks like an existing modernist painting, I know I have to change something,” says Rommel in an interview with Art in America, “I try to mess up the painting to prevent a fixed reading that reflects an established tradition.” [11]
