Layered abstract composition featuring fragmented architectural elements—wooden railings, building facades, and geometric forms—rendered in overlapping sections of red, yellow, blue, green, and neutral tones. Misaligned color registers and translucent overlays create a sense of excavation and visual complexity across the mixed-media surface.

Unexpected Occurrences

Warren Rosser

2/27/2026 – 4/15/2026

Songlines, 2026, mixed media on linen,  36 x 41 in

My work is an exercise in excavation. Using a mix of fabric, photography, and paint, I build "orchestrated histories" where layers are constantly being buried and unearthed. I am drawn to the gaps and slippages—the moments where colors fall out of register or elements fail to align. While some might call these imperfections, I view them as vital evidence of a living process.

These paintings do not offer finite resolutions; instead, they function as puzzles of possibility. By prioritizing the act of "finding" over "knowing," I invite the viewer to navigate tangled pathways of representation and abstraction. For me, the canvas is a site of constant retooling and risk, where the goal is not to protect a successful image, but to discover a new platform for research.

In its broadest sense, my practice is an investigation into the act of making—a constant discovery of what form and material can become. I view my paintings as a living lineage; each work engages in a dialogue with the last, providing the groundwork for the next. These connections are not always linear; they often travel down tangled pathways that reveal their logic only in retrospect. By embracing the risk of the unknown, I aim to demonstrate the inherent agility of painting and its endless capacity for expansion.

Warren Rosser 2026

Exhibition Images ()

  • Gallery view showing a large colorful abstract mixed-media work mounted on the left wall featuring layered geometric shapes in blue, yellow, black, and pink, alongside five smaller framed works displayed in a row on the right wall, each with vibrant abstract compositions in bold color palettes.
  • Two framed mixed-media compositions featuring layered fabrics, photographs, and paint in vibrant colors including blue, yellow, orange, and purple, hung on a white gallery wall—the smaller work on the left with darker tones and geometric shapes, the larger work on the right with bright chromatic passages and collaged elements creating visual complexity and misalignment.
  • Four framed abstract works hang on a white gallery wall, displaying layered compositions in vibrant colors including yellows, blues, reds, and greens. The pieces combine mixed media elements with visible gestural marks and geometric forms, their frames creating shadow effects against the wall's clean surface.
Layered abstract composition featuring fragmented architectural elements—wooden railings, building facades, and geometric forms—rendered in overlapping sections of red, yellow, blue, green, and neutral tones. Misaligned color registers and translucent overlays create a sense of excavation and visual complexity across the mixed-media surface.

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