Winter
Tropic 2000
oil
18 x 23 inches
|
My
landscapes explore the effects of color and light by pulling together a
combination of artistic genres. They move from impressionism, (Pierre Bonnard),
to abstract expressionism, (Mark Rothko and Joan Mitchell), and beyond. The idea
is to forge a new type of colorfield landscape that takes the theme of the road
as an entry both into the work and into dream. The works are all real places,
that in viewing them, quietly reveal their locations distinctive mark as well
as being a point of departure into something beyond the real and completely of
its own. I draw on the vibrant palette and light of the Caribbean, (where I was
born), and South America, (where I grew up), as well as the grayer tones and
subtle colors of North America. In doing so, a unified landscape both in theme
and in color, is created, delivering along its roads, a sense of peace and a
sense of hope within the dream.
I recently had a very successful exhibition at
Cuenca's Museum of Modern Art in Ecuador. The exhibition coincided with
the 23rd anniversary celebration of the museum's inauguration. The museum
purchased one of my pastels for the permanent collection. In June 2005, I
will be included as part of a 20th Century Retrospective of American Landscape
at the Royal Academy of Art in Moscow, Russia, and in August, the exhibition
will continue at the Royal Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia.
(See bottom of this page for links to additional
media pages and resume.)
|