These Artists Have Turned Their Palettes Into Stunning Paintings
"The palette is the point of origin from which ideas become realised ... a reflection of the human experience."
Over 50 artists from around the world have taken part in a project that puts their paint palette at the centre stage of their work.
Point of Origin features art painted directly on to the wooden palettes owned by artists, to convey the link between an artist’s mind and the personal work they produce.

Artists have taken the brief and interpreted it in striking and individual ways, including lifelike raspberries, goldfish swimming in dark water, portraits, and nudes.
By Alonsa Guevera

The project’s art statement explains: “Every artist has a unique mind, and a deeply personal, often idiosyncratic studio practice.
“One way to get a glimpse into the artist’s mind, as well as into their practice, is the painter’s palette – a tool that has been around for centuries, as painting itself has gone through myriads of transformations through the years. It is both practical and intimate, acquiring layers of paint as well as memories, reflecting intent and execution, storing the ghosts of paintings that have long since left the studio.”
By John Wellington

By Liz Adams-Jones

By Maria Kreyn (left) and Marshall Jones (right)


Point of Origin was curated by Dina Brodsky and Trek Lexington and is being exhibited at the Lodge Gallery in New York. Take a look at more of the stunning creations produced for the exhibition below:
By Nick Gebhart

By Christian Fagerlund

By Amber Lia-Kloppel

By Daniel Maidman

By James Adelman


By Beth Sistrunk

By Evan Kitson

By Caitlin Hurd

By Cory Morgenstein

By Cara DeAngelis

By Dina Brodsky (left) and Kim Power


By Heidi Elbers

By Josh Suda

By Joshua Henderson

By Charis Carmichael Braun

By Kieran Ingram

By Maria Teicher

By Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund

By Steven Assael

By Tun Myaing

By Tun Myaing

By Benjamin Craig

By Victoria Selbach

By Anna Mogilevsky

By Shawn Krueger

By Yunsung Jang

By Denis Sarazhin

