Flight

Square canvas with blue, purple, gray and yellow color palette, curved and dotted lines.

This 46.625 x 46.625 inch square acrylic mixed media painting by Larry Hefner depicts an abstract arrangement of lines and patterns. Hefner utilizes a wide range of colors in this work including various shades of purple, blue, yellow, red, orange, pink, white and grey. From the top of the composition, taking up about 1/4th of the work, is a solid strip of thick, yellow paint. About 30 thin horizontal lines run across the yellow plane, all different colors, specifically orange, yellow, white, black, blue, and pink. Hefner creates vertical ridges within the thick paint, making the horizontal colored lines look spotted in certain areas, as the light bounces off of it. Below this section of yellow, taking up the remaining 3/4ths of the composition, is an area of splotchy purple and blue canvas. Horizontal grey and white strips of paint of various widths overlay the areas of splotchy blue and purple paint. Layered yet again over the bottom 3/4th of the canvas are multiple thin, curved lines of varying colors, patterns, and sizes. The curve of the lines almost resemble the work of a protractor, as they are all similarly curved radians. The lines are mainly blue, black, orange, red, with a few bright pink lines. Some of the lines are dotted with white dots, some with black dots, and some marked with short black repeating lines. There are five different triangular, curved black shapes that connect from the crossing of these lines.

Larry Hefner received his Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Oklahoma. He has taught both art and deign at various universities across the United States for over 30 years. He is Professor Emeritus of Design in the School of Design at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma where he was chair of the department. Larry is currently a professional fine artist working from his studio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a multi-disciplined artist working in a variety of media and techniques primarily working in the area of painting with acrylic as his primary medium. His work has been exhibited in many local and regional museums and galleries winning numerous awards. For the past 40+ years, Larry has worked as a graphic designer/photographer, owning his own studio, The Hefner Group in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma specializing in advertising and graphic design.