Paul Wackers used a variety of opaque inks on clear acetate to paint, cut up, and tape down layers by hand. The materials came from unused film fit for a recently deceased printer. Working with a curious mind for order among abstraction, Paul repurposed mechanical detritus into something organic and beautiful. Change and transformation are also present in the build up of opaque and transparent colors that shift with your point of view.

Paul Wackers was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1978. He received a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Paul Wackers works from personal experience, pulling from objects and places he sees, feels and keeps close. He makes objects and paintings to try to understand what they are, what they mean, and how he should understand them. Many of the subjects are things that seem very familiar but through the process of painting or sculpture become confused or unreal because of the associations created within. Paul lives and Works in Newburgh Ny in the Hudson Valley.