Dan Walsh (*1960 in Philadelphia) creates his minimalist work with small, discrete brushstrokes and a varying intensity of paint application. Walsh describes himself as a maximalist whose work is based on a minimalist paradigm to achieve a maximal visual impact. The starting point for his work are strictly defined grids, which he expands into complex systems with a reduced formal vocabulary. Walsh experiments with simple geometric elements, which he multiplies and combines to form linear yet irregular patterns and rhythms. These circles and lines seem perfectly formed and only reveal the artist’s free, layered brushwork on closer inspection. Walsh’s work gains additional complexity from the nuanced transparency of successive layers of paint.