Jason Woodside Absinthe Refined Mixed Media Style Acrylic on Stretch Canvas

Jason Woodside, contemporary acrylic mixed media on canvas titled Absinthe Refined, and signed by Jason Woodside along the lower margin. The composition features a stylized Absente bottle alongside an expressive abstract figure with hand-drawn graphic elements, blending pop art, street art, and abstract influences. Unframed canvas

This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.

Art: 36" x 48". Weight: 7.2 lbs

This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.