Laurence Kimmel

The inside-out sock: The process of 'flip' or inversion involved in working from photographs to create oil paintings.

My process for creating oil paintings begins with photographs—either those I find or ones I take myself. These photographs hold the potential to advance my visual language. The process is nonlinear and involves a spatial "flip," akin to turning a sock inside out. I use this metaphor to encapsulate the essence of my painting process. The image of the inside-out sock also draws inspiration from Walter Benjamin’s philosophy, as described in Berlin Childhood around 1900 (written between 1932 and 1938).