Paschal Wilson III Take The Gloves Off

Take The Gloves Off

Working Archive

Sources, motifs, subjects, writings, sound, timelines, and relationships behind the paintings.

Archive Routes Painting Cadence Performance Under the Sun Witness Doubles Read: Red Xman Dies

curated routes

Archive Routes

A small set of durable paths through recurring systems in the paintings, curated by hand instead of generated from every tag.

Open archive routes Bridge works
Sunburn - A yellow circular face or sun with wide eyes sits in front of a red star shape, with the word smile near the upper…Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…Break Point - A yellow field contains a large central black-and-red circular paddle or head form on a black body, with a…Put The Gloves On - A suited man in black gloves stands before red and green geometry, holding his hands up in a formal or defensive…Akuma - A pale side-profile head wearing glasses or a mask sits in the lower half of a blue-green room with a red ringed…A frontal portrait of a man wearing red boxing headgear, set against blue and white stars. The headgear has a white forehead panel with red stars; a small green portrait panel sits at upper left.

cadence map

Painting Cadence

Month-by-month clusters show when the archive catches fire, with small-canvas groups counted as single cadence entries.

Open cadence Peak month: July 2026 Recent burst
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104 dated cadence entries · 86 since 2025 · peak July 2026 (15)

Tags / Motifs

218 tags

Recurring visual ideas across the work.

Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…Sonny Liston - A cropped brown figure with boxing-like arms or gloves is set against a blue and red interior, with the torso partly…Akuma - A pale side-profile head wearing glasses or a mask sits in the lower half of a blue-green room with a red ringed…

Curated Series

16 series

Narrative routes through the archive: acts, scenes, myths, and source-worlds.

Put The Gloves On - A suited man in black gloves stands before red and green geometry, holding his hands up in a formal or defensive…Take The Gloves Off - A raised white hand and a bright, shouting figure appear against black, red, yellow, and pale blue bands.In the Name of Glove - A red-pink, figure-like vertical shape stands in a pale field with green and red side marks and boxing-glove-like…Hollow Purple - A portrait-format painting shows Michael Jackson smiling against a red field, with a white rhinestone glove covering…
James Ensor, Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889

external sources

Reference Atlas

citations / source-worlds

Outside images, texts, and source-world notes that feed the paintings.

Writings

14 entries

Poetry, essays, and other writing.

Sound

106 pairings

Song pairings, Apple Music playlists, and Last.fm listening weather.

Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…Sonny Liston - A cropped brown figure with boxing-like arms or gloves is set against a blue and red interior, with the torso partly…Barnes and Noble - A blue-clothed seated figure faces right in a dark brown and green room, while a bright pale-blue shape hovers…

Timeline

7 years

Works grouped by year and approximate date.

A figure in a deer mask and teal clothes sits against a yellow sunburst, arms around pale legs that stretch to the lower left, ending in red-outlined feet. A black wall with white drips at left; a green zigzag floor at right.A gaunt gray figure crouches with head bowed, red lines looping over the skull and tracing the feet. A red band cuts across a dark skyline behind him, under a small yellow sun.Portrait of Bad Luck Brian, a grinning red-haired man in a blue collar and brown jacket, a green vine curling over his head. A darker portrait of Elvis appears in his chest. A red flower and a green leaf in the upper corners; white cursive script runs down the blue field at right.Fish Love II - A dark figure with a red and gray head and white facial lines stands against a gold upper field and blue lower field.

Sketches

154 pages · 4 books

Works on paper: drills, rehearsals, training drawings, and the sketch that names the archive.