What does it mean for a painting to unfold slowly, like a thought taking shape? Max Hammond’s canvases reveal themselves in rhythms—marks laid down, scraped away, glazed and reborn—until what remains is both painting and process, a record of discovery.
“I don’t plan paintings,” he says. “I start with a rough sketch, then work in layers, painting, scraping back, glazing and burnishing. I like wandering through the painting, not knowing where it will lead.”
Oct 2, 2025
