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Studio Record

Paintings, Poems, Essays, and Field Notes

A working record of the studio. Twenty-one paintings and poems written in proximity to the work.

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Notes from the Studio

Returning to Barcelona

A week spent returning before the next painting.

Barcelona, June 2026 

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It Is Existence, Fully Felt 

Notes From Palermo on art, uncertainty, love and inheritance. 

Written in Palermo, Sicily -- May 2026 

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Before Sicily

Tomorrow I leave for Sicily.

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Momentum is Selective

There is no advantage in accelerating what is not aligned.

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On Placement

A work is not sold. It is placed.

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The Paperclip System

On Optimization, Control, and the Absence of Governance 

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The Holder

On Work, Placement, and the Discipline of Release

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Threshold Fields

Field notes on painting, pressure, and value

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When a Painting Reveals Itself

Notes from the studio on time, patience, and the moment a painting becomes itself.

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The Studio Now

Notes from the studio, as a new body of paintings begins to reveal itself. 

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© 2026 by DOMINIC J. LOPEZ, INC

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