Garrett Phelan

street debris #1

oil pastel on paper. 7 x 5”. 2021

street debris #2

mixed media on paper. 8 x 8”. 2021

street debris #3

mixed media on paper. 5 x 5”. 2021

street debris #4

mixed media on paper. 6.5 x 5.5”. 2020

street debris #5

oil pastel on paper on wood. 10 x 10”. 2021

street debris #6

acrylic and mixed media on paper. 9 x 11”. 2021

These six abstract works are meant to be experienced as omens or signs that can be read. The marks and shapes are inspired by street repairs, broken sidewalks, the walls of old buildings, and body scars and wounds.  As a piece takes shape, it is imbued with color and movement that is bold and energetic yet offers a sense of healing.

Garrett Phelan is an artist and poet. His artwork has appeared in exhibits in Glen Echo Park Art Gallery in Bethesda, MD, The Wintonbury Library in Bloomfield, CT, and The Spot Café in West Hartford, CT. His art has also appeared as cover designs for his poetry chapbooks Outlaw Odes (Antrim House 2015), Standing where I am (Origami Poem Project 2016), Zen Suite (2017), and in The Ekphrastic Review (October 2017). His poems have appeared in a variety of literary journals.