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LS No. 310

$3,800.00

Brandon McKenzie
LS No. 310, 2026
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
36 × 36 in
Contemporary abstract painting

The Artwork

LS No. 310 advances McKenzie’s ongoing investigation of balance through a carefully calibrated exchange between pale openness and black density. The upper half of the canvas is light grey, punctuated by three small stacked bars at the upper-right. Below, a black field holds two lighter horizontal markings that travel across its surface, creating a restrained sense of movement through the darker ground.

Fine linear elements extend between the two zones: a horizontal line moves outward from the black field and meets a thin vertical counterpart, establishing a quiet network of connection and interruption. These marks do not impose a rigid system; instead, they feel like fragments of a structure discovered through the painting’s evolution.

Graphite markings throughout the work give the surface a layered, blue-tinged complexity. McKenzie’s practice depends on continual reworking, and LS No. 310 carries that duration visibly—areas of paint appear accumulated, softened, reduced, or partially erased. The painting becomes a meditation on what remains after revision: a spare, resonant arrangement where light, shadow, and gesture settle into provisional harmony.

Specifications & Details

  • Artist: Brandon McKenzie

  • Title: LS No. 310

  • Year: 2026

  • Medium: Acrylic and graphite on canvas

  • Dimensions: 36 × 36 in

  • Style: Contemporary abstract painting

  • Frame: Handmade by the artist; included

Brandon McKenzie
LS No. 310, 2026
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
36 × 36 in
Contemporary abstract painting

The Artwork

LS No. 310 advances McKenzie’s ongoing investigation of balance through a carefully calibrated exchange between pale openness and black density. The upper half of the canvas is light grey, punctuated by three small stacked bars at the upper-right. Below, a black field holds two lighter horizontal markings that travel across its surface, creating a restrained sense of movement through the darker ground.

Fine linear elements extend between the two zones: a horizontal line moves outward from the black field and meets a thin vertical counterpart, establishing a quiet network of connection and interruption. These marks do not impose a rigid system; instead, they feel like fragments of a structure discovered through the painting’s evolution.

Graphite markings throughout the work give the surface a layered, blue-tinged complexity. McKenzie’s practice depends on continual reworking, and LS No. 310 carries that duration visibly—areas of paint appear accumulated, softened, reduced, or partially erased. The painting becomes a meditation on what remains after revision: a spare, resonant arrangement where light, shadow, and gesture settle into provisional harmony.

Specifications & Details

  • Artist: Brandon McKenzie

  • Title: LS No. 310

  • Year: 2026

  • Medium: Acrylic and graphite on canvas

  • Dimensions: 36 × 36 in

  • Style: Contemporary abstract painting

  • Frame: Handmade by the artist; included

Biography

Brandon McKenzie is a contemporary abstract painter who creates paintings that investigate rhythm, process, and restraint through pared-down compositions and a largely grayscale palette accented by graphite. Each work develops over time through repeated reworking, with every layer responding to the traces beneath it and reinforcing his belief that process is primary and product is secondary. Rooted in early studies of the geometric farmlands of western Kansas, McKenzie’s current series distills those landscapes into more open, spatial arrangements while preserving the tension between structure, gesture, addition, and erasure. By limiting color and emphasizing light, space, and layered surfaces, his paintings create a quiet balance between disorder and arrangement.

“My paintings evolve through a rhythm of layering and reduction, with each mark shaped by what came before it. The process leads the work forward through repetition, movement, and reaction, while my current series translates the geometry of the rural landscapes into something quieter and more open. I’m interested in how light, space, and essential form emerge from what remains.”

– Brandon McKenzie