Get a glimpse into the transformation of The Sigh, one of the paintings on view in Enrique Martínez Celaya’s current exhibition Lone Star. The artist often paints out and re-paints large areas of his works, resulting in imagery that can be quite different from its starting point. Here we get a first hand account of the artist at work.

To learn more about Martínez Celaya’s approach, click here to watch a recent film we produced on the artist in the context of his exhibition Lone Star.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Lone Star is on view through May 16, 2015.

IMAGE: The evolution of The Sigh (2015), oil and wax on canvas, 132 x 180 in. (335.3 x 457.2 cm