Painting by Carl Apfelschnitt, 1985, roplex and pigments on linen, 8 × 4 feet.

Handmade paper with pigment, The Seal of Life by Carl Apfelschnitt.

Drawing by Carl Apfelschnitt.

Painting—The Animal Descending (in Splendor, on the errant planet)—and written reflection by the artist. Portrait of the artist by Kate Simon.

Carl Apfelschnitt describes his hands-on, raw approach to abstract painting as the “expressionistic” work of a “primordial monster”. Sarah Charlesworth probes the artist about how he becomes “part of the paint.”