Painting on the Z-Axis

Sedalia native Caleb McCandless wants you to think about his three-dimensional paintings, not about how he makes them. “They’re mixed media — oil paint and metal that I manipulate magnetically — and that’s as much detail as I can go into about the process,” he tells the Pitch. McCandless developed his technique two years ago. “I had clumps of paint I’d try to pull off, get it to dry faster, to make the paint look like it was defying gravity. And it ultimately developed into this process that I’m pretty pleased with.” Catch his first solo exhibit tonight at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2012 Baltimore, 816-474-1919).

Caleb McCandless

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

Fri., Sept. 7