The Best of What’s Around is the latest addition to Stewart’s Caring Place’s permanent art collection. This 3 ft. x 6 ft. an acrylic, enamel, ink, and holographic collage painting was conceived for a private commission in 2017, but the client’s interior designer sought a new direction and color scheme for the piece. Mac completed the painting for an exhibition at Akron Coffee Roasters in 2018.
The Best of What’s Around was inspired by long nights of listening to Dave Matthews Band’s iconic live performances. Mac used found objects to create the marks in this painting, including wood, rubber, and paint from the old BW Rogers Building on Cedar St., in downtown Akron. The final piece
The completed painting is meant to look both instrumental and representative, evoking a kind of cityscape that combines music bars, strings, geometric shapes, and a softly vibrant contrast of color. The Best of What’s Around can be found in in the board room at Stewart’s Caring Place.
