Cole Pierce at Hinge Gallery

Cole Pierce, 2011

Word Layer
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
36"x36"

At Hinge Gallery

Cole Pierce, 2011

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #12

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

65"x65"

Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford at Hinge Gallery

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #10 & #12

at Hinge Gallery

Sutro Tower Triangle Waves

Sutro Tower Triangle Waves (2010)
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
4"x6"

Recently I was commissioned to make a painting according to these parameters: sized 4"x 6", the image of Sutro Tower in San Fransisco, and in the style of my triangle grid paintings. The new owner of this piece now has a collection of four renditions of Sutro Tower by different artists, each of similar size. I hope this cool project continues to grow.

Triangle is the Strongest Shape

Cole Pierce
The Triangle is the Strongest Shape, 4, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 40” x 40”
This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Festival

Cole Pierce
The Triangle is the Strongest Shape, series
This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Installation View, Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Festival

In the studio

In process - Gradients over triangle grid series
65"x65"

Danny Think Tank at Milwaukee Ave Art Fest

I'll be exhibiting some new work in a few weeks. Stop by, say hello.

Danny Think Tank
2628 2nd floor N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL

Fri 4pm-11pm | Sat & Sun noon-11pm
Along 1.5 miles of Milwaukee Avenue
(between Kimball and California)

Triangle is the Strongest Shape (Blue Gradient)

Staring at the sun is easier at dusk.
Triangle is the Strongest Shape, Blue Gradient
Cole Pierce 2010
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Silk Screen Ink on canvas
52"x40"

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #5

Triangle is the Strongest Shape #5
Cole Pierce 2010
Acrylic on Canvas
40"x 40"

New Work

The Triangle is the Strongest Shape (2010)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40"x 40"

Work in Progress (2010)
Acrylic on Canvas, 60"x 72"

New Work

Cole Pierce, Triangle is the Strongest Shape, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas 40"x80"

Cole Pierce, Zillions, 2009 Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"

Cole Pierce, 4EVA, 2009, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36" 

Cole Pierce, Untitled, 2009, Oil, Acrylic, Spray Paint on Canvas 24"x24"

Art Collecting, I own ten countries

I recently acquired ten sculptures of countries through an art trade with Chicago based artist and collector Ben Foch. Read about his project The World in this Proximity article. In short, Ben made a sculpture of every country and priced them according to their GDP value (1 USD to 1 Billion GDP/PPP). The piece was exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center in January of 2009. I traded my series of triangle paintings that I showed at Old Gold last November. When I was initially trying to decide which countries I wanted to own, I had no idea what strategy to use. I looked for a continent, but there was not one intact due to previous sales. I considered picking countries that I thought were cool, or had interesting music scenes happening, but Iceland was taken and Sweden and Norway are ugly. I almost chose every country in the southern 30 - 45 latitude region. Instead, I picked countries for formal reasons, their size and shape and sexy curves.

Selection of Ben Foch's The World, 2009
Installation View, my living room.

Pakistan and New Zealand
Chile
Myanmar