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David Amato creates large-scale perceptional abstract minimal works on canvas from drum scans of original 10x16-foot
oil and acrylic paintings he creates in his Long Island City studio. Once complete, the painting is photographed with 8”x11”
positive film and run though a drum scanner, creating a digital 1.2 gigabyte file. Using a Mac Pro, he duplicates the original
image, flips the image scan along its x-y axis, then recomposes the resulting mirror images and the original into one file
that he prints out on 8 x 13 foot canvas using a large, archival ink jet. Subsequent original paintings are created by rotating,
mirror imaging, and multiplying the scanned image and then repeating the process. A series of 12 original edition works that
progress in dimensionality and pattern evolve from multiplying and re-multiplying the initial four part images.
Taking up to seven months each to complete, the original paintings serve as templates and are not the final work. Each canvas
is composed using a grid derived completely by chance. The placement of gridlines is determined by rolling of dice and their
shade and width (from black and wide to light grey and narrow) are both calculated using the Golden Ratio. Their interior
colors are determined from a color code configuration. Bursts are systematically added to the grid using an inverted
funnel and paint-coated balls of varying sizes, from pachinko up to pool balls.
David Amato graduated with a BA in Studio Art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was mentored by Libby Lumpkin
and attended classes taught by David Hickey. David has exhibited solo at the Las Vegas Government Center and won the grand
prize for sculpture while a student at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He grew up in Covina, California and lives
in Queens with his family.
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