Before setting out to create a beautiful oil painting, an artist will typically fill up a palette with all the colors they might need and then they go to town on a blank canvas. However, the key word in that sentence is "typically" because painter Dina Brodsky has started a movement that skips a crucial step to that process: the canvas.

Together with art curator Trek Lexington, Brodsky has assembled an exhibition of incredible paintings from dozens of artists on palettes called "Point of Origin." You can see the exhibition at New York City's Lodge Gallery starting October 13 through November 13. And head on over to Colossal for more info on the exhibition.

A photo posted by Digg (@digg) on Oct 12, 2016 at 12:16pm PDT

This is a process shot of Brodsky's contribution to the collection.





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One cool feature a lot of the pieces tend to share is a sort of "frame" of paint around the work in the center of the palette.





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Another neat thing some artists took advantage of was the opportunity to creatively use of the negative space of the palette — where a hand might go were someone to actually, you know, hold it.





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This piece by Miles Yoshida is an ink palette. It just looks so frickin' cool.





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For more awesome paintings on palettes, follow palettepainting_2016 on Instagram, and of course go check out the exhibition at the Lodge Gallery in New York City. And for all kinds of cool art, design and photos, follow Digg on Instagram.​