Tadhg
Slater
Concrete Jazz
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Painter / Provincetown · Boston · New York
Tadhg Slater is an American painter working between Provincetown, Boston, and New York. His practice engages the physical and psychological conditions of painting through large-scale abstract works rooted in historical material traditions, including rabbit skin glue grounds, linen supports, crushed marble gesso, and lead and cadmium pigments.
The Concrete Winter series comprises eleven paintings completed through the winter of 2026. Paint freezing on the palette. No heat. No water. The conditions are part of the work.
The Story
No heat. No water. Windowless concrete walls. Paint freezing on the palette.
This is where these eleven paintings were created. Through the harshest months of 2026, working in a windowless concrete box on the water. No heating system. No running water. Just raw conditions and total commitment.
The frozen studio is not romantic. It's visceral. The conditions are part of the work. Every painting in this series carries the weight of that environment.
The studio during a blizzard, February 2026 — where these paintings were made
Interior — Concrete and cinder block
Provincetown Harbor, Winter 2026
Press
"Tadhg Slater, a New York School painter living in Provincetown, blew in the door. He has a fabulous way of elevating the space and shifting the energy."Read the article →