{"product_id":"untitled-5-oil-pastel-drawing","title":"Untitled #5 | The Deliberate Spontaneity of Mark-Making | 2025","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil pastels on Stonehenge paper. 22\" x 30\". 2025. Signed. Unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When I create drawings, my hand moves and my mind follows. I begin in a single spot on the paper and allow the composition to expand organically, like when you spill a cup of coffee and it pours out, spreading across the surface with natural momentum.\" — Ryan Cronin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyan keeps paper mounted in his kitchen with pastels within reach and adds to it over days or weeks. He calls it slow accumulation. \"It's not about completing a piece in one session, but about building a visual conversation over time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese drawings are the counterpoint to his paintings. Where the paintings are high gloss and tightly structured, these hold the physical record of being made: pastel pressed into paper, pigment built up and smudged, the pressure of his hand changing across the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of six in The Deliberate Spontaneity of Mark-Making. Each is unique and sold individually. On view at The Cronin Gallery in New Paltz, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold unframed. Framing quoted on request. Local pickup at the gallery, or freight quoted to your address.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyan Cronin has a thirty-year practice in the Hudson Valley. His work is held in private and corporate collections internationally, and he was an artist in residence at the Albers Foundation's Thread in Sinthian, Senegal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ryan Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47899919941862,"sku":null,"price":8200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2064\/9153\/files\/Untitled_5.png?v=1794242975","url":"https:\/\/www.cronartusa.com\/products\/untitled-5-oil-pastel-drawing","provider":"Ryan Cronin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}