Paschal Wilson Take The Gloves Off

working archive

Archive Routes

Ten durable paths through recurring systems in the paintings. These routes are curated by hand and do not change every time a new work receives a new tag.

Painting Cadence Working Archive

Curated Routes

Red Sun / Fool / Overexposure

54 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…Break Point - A yellow field contains a large central black-and-red circular paddle or head form on a black body, with a…Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…QUIT SKATEBOARDING - A figure in a pink cape or hoodie faces forward with an orange head area above, black side shapes, and a small dark…Under the Sun - A flat geometric image shows orange and red architectural blocks around a smaller pale rectangle with a black center.Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…

Solar works where the sun becomes a witness, face, pressure system, or heroic/foolish stage-light.

red sun / red starsun / starfool/heroiconhot

Boxer / Ring / Hero-Body

28 works

Eighteen Hundred Thousand - A dark portrait head in a red helmet or hood appears before a blue starry ground, with a white panel and red stars…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.Dance, Dance, Kill Him! - A boxing ring scene shows a raised orange figure behind ropes with yellow and blue words painted on the ring apron.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…

The body as staged, ritual, or spectacular figure — boxing, gloves, ring-space, heroic posture, martyrdom.

boxerglovesstage / ring

Glove / Hand / Contact

30 works

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…Passover Handout - A blue field contains two white glove-like hand symbols, one fist and one open hand with a dark circular center…Come and Take It - A red glove fills the right; COME AND TAKE IT in white; a candle burns at the bottom edge.There's No Crying In Table Tennis - A red-faced figure or mask with open mouth appears under black triangular shapes, with small objects and a hand-like…

Gloves and hands as the archive's contact system — protection, performance, removal, touch, shame, and witness.

gloveshand

Blue Text / Label / Voice

38 works

Hypebeast - A horned cow or bull with several eyes fills the lower half; BEEF is painted on its forehead beneath a large reddish…Cherry Red Kool Aid (Ferb's World) - A mask-like cream shape with holes, blue vertical stripe, red-black ground, and hand-painted words occupies a dark…Bastard Writing - A ruled notebook page is filled with red and blue scribbles, faces, circles, arrows, and handwritten phrases.I Will Fucking Destroy You - A yellow text field declares I WILL FUCKING DESTROY YOU around two cartoon figures, one brown and one blue-white…Dance, Dance, Kill Him! - A boxing ring scene shows a raised orange figure behind ropes with yellow and blue words painted on the ring apron.Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…

Blue text as label, interruption, voice, graffiti, caption, accusation, or spell.

blue texttext

Ping Pong / Hero / Mask

9 works

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…Friend of Akuma - A pale-faced figure with black hair occupies the right side of a dark interior; green angular forms and a small red…There's No Crying In Table Tennis - A red-faced figure or mask with open mouth appears under black triangular shapes, with small objects and a hand-like…Faces (Peco) - A pale face with dark hair is cropped below a tan hat marked by a red star against a muted blue-brown ground.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…Auditions for the Rose Bowl Parade - A vertical panel shows stacked small face panels at left, two large round-headed figures at center/right, and white…

Works built around Ping Pong the Animation — heroism, masked identity, competition, theatrical pressure.

Mask / Face / Symbol-Person

63 works

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…Friend of Akuma - A pale-faced figure with black hair occupies the right side of a dark interior; green angular forms and a small red…Sock and Buskin - A dark stage-like scene shows a seated or reclining figure, a white hand shape, a red ball, a striped form, and a…Clavicular - A pale bust-length head and shoulders emerge from a black ground, with brown hair, yellowed facial tones, and a…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…Barnes and Noble - A blue-clothed seated figure faces right in a dark brown and green room, while a bright pale-blue shape hovers…

The face as role, costume, icon — the person replaced by the symbol.

maskportraitidentity

Animal / Cartoon / Trickster

38 works

Hypebeast - A horned cow or bull with several eyes fills the lower half; BEEF is painted on its forehead beneath a large reddish…Walking the Dog - A yellow-suited figure walks across a green field holding dark objects, with a loose dog-like or bag-like black…Oobi Groupie - A soft pale face-like form with sparse blue dots and pink marks emerges from a loose beige and gray field.Common Bitch (Self Portrait) - A gray bulldog-like head wearing a black-and-white ruff or collar stares forward against a brown background.Tokai Teio - A brown horse head fills the right side with vertical Japanese text in pink and green along the left and a small…Pegasus - A white horse-like animal bends forward against a nearly black background, with a small red mark near the head and…

Animals as performers, roles, masks, and symbolic bodies — not animal art.

animalcartoon

Christian / Witness / Exposure

11 works

THEY BURNED HIS ROOF - A close brown face with darkened eye sockets and a pale blue shirt fills the frame against a yellow-gold ground.HE PREACHES IN THE SUN - A portrait-like dark-skinned figure in a pale blue garment stands before a gold field, with red cross-like marks…Passover Handout - A blue field contains two white glove-like hand symbols, one fist and one open hand with a dark circular center…Baptism of Icarus - A green standing figure raises one arm beside a white wing-like form against blue, red, and black horizontal bands.Jacob and Esau - A cutout-like brown figure stands on the right before ruled lines, with scattered tan fragments and a yellow circle…Tiger Blood - A white, rough animal- or boy-like form sprawls in thick paint over a dark maroon field, with a ghostly raised arm…

Christian reference, persecution, sacrifice, witness, and symbolic exposure as the organizing structure.

Christiancross

Ghost / Interior / Memory

44 works

Barnes and Noble - A blue-clothed seated figure faces right in a dark brown and green room, while a bright pale-blue shape hovers…Amanda Askell - A pale, nearly monochrome surface contains faint graphite-like lines suggesting wings or a central body, with large…Bastard Sun - A dark brown-black vertical form or hut-like mass sits in a blue-pink-green abstract field with thick ribbed strokes.Is-Was' Demon - A red rectangular back wall, gray table or bed, and green couch-like form sit in a dark room.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…

Figures staged inside memory, screen-space, room-space, or afterimage.

ghostinteriormemory

Mixed Media / Collapse / Dissolution

49 works

Bastard Writing - A ruled notebook page is filled with red and blue scribbles, faces, circles, arrows, and handwritten phrases.I AM NOT A JOKE - A collage-like scene includes a rabbit head, a record or circular object, a red square, a bird-like head, ladder…Tiger Blood - A white, rough animal- or boy-like form sprawls in thick paint over a dark maroon field, with a ghostly raised arm…Under the Sun - A flat geometric image shows orange and red architectural blocks around a smaller pale rectangle with a black center.Love Takes Off - A pale pink central pathway or beam recedes between two black triangular sides on a gray ground with yellow and red…Amanda Askell - A pale, nearly monochrome surface contains faint graphite-like lines suggesting wings or a central body, with large…

Collage, notebook, scribble, partial figure, illegibility — a formal and material constellation.

collageabstraction

Bridge Works

Six paintings that connect more than one of the curated routes.

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…Eighteen Hundred Thousand - A dark portrait head in a red helmet or hood appears before a blue starry ground, with a white panel and red stars…