Here's a current landscape show at the Wendt Gallery that includes Denver artist
Kevin Weckbach. Kevin has taught at the Art Students League of Denver, and now teaches a weekly advanced painting class independant of the league. He exhibits work at Gallery 1261 in Denver which is also having a landscape show right now.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
July Journey 08
I have come a long way since the AIB Residency in June: I have reviewed my notes and voice recorded critique sessions to complete my first residency summary. This also involved exploring google and amazon.com for the suggeted artists and book titles to refine those lists. My work space at home is organized for research and painting to supplement my downtown studio. My blog is set up for communication and for easy access to links of artists I have been looking at and other documents. I have started 3 paintings with a new color palette, and I have read Edmund Burke's book on the sublime and the beautiful. I am ready to dive into the work of my first semester!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Contemporary Landscape
I came across this exhibition notice from Art News summer 2007. The show was at the Forum Gallery in New York June-August 2007. It included the following artists:
Robert Bauer, William Beckman, Stephen Brown, James Butler, Davis Cone, Linden Frederick, Gregory Gillespie, Peter Krausz, Holly Lane, David Levine, Craig mcPherson, Brian Rutenberg, Bernardo Siciliano, and Tula Telfair.
One of these artists, Bernardo Siciliano, recieved an unflattering review when his work was included in another show at the Forum Gallery, Urban Views.
In an interview by Nick Smith, artist Brian Rutenberg describes his views on the importance of abstract painting. Rutenberg's abstract landcape paintings were in a show at the Forum Gallery in 2005 entitled, Carolina.
In February 2007 The Forum Gallery in LA hosted a landscape show entitled Modern and Contemporary Landscape.
Robert Bauer, William Beckman, Stephen Brown, James Butler, Davis Cone, Linden Frederick, Gregory Gillespie, Peter Krausz, Holly Lane, David Levine, Craig mcPherson, Brian Rutenberg, Bernardo Siciliano, and Tula Telfair.
One of these artists, Bernardo Siciliano, recieved an unflattering review when his work was included in another show at the Forum Gallery, Urban Views.
In an interview by Nick Smith, artist Brian Rutenberg describes his views on the importance of abstract painting. Rutenberg's abstract landcape paintings were in a show at the Forum Gallery in 2005 entitled, Carolina.
In February 2007 The Forum Gallery in LA hosted a landscape show entitled Modern and Contemporary Landscape.
Monday, July 7, 2008
New Directions
My first semester at AIB is about exploring new ways of working, selecting new subject matter, and synthesizing new information. I plan to continue my study of landscape painting while investigating contemporary themes.
My first set of paintings will focus on new ways of working: I will incorporate a few new colors, and use oils transparently instead of opaquely. My subject matter will be the same, although I am zooming in on a slightly smaller area of the landscape. As with the other paintings in my seasons series, I am using enhanced digital photos as references. I have altered the lighting and color in these photos to emphasize the design of the composition rather than the color. The intensity of the colors in my previous work seemed to take away from the themes of silence and contemplation that I was trying to convey. I hope to engage the viewer in the abstract qualities of the design.
My first set of paintings will focus on new ways of working: I will incorporate a few new colors, and use oils transparently instead of opaquely. My subject matter will be the same, although I am zooming in on a slightly smaller area of the landscape. As with the other paintings in my seasons series, I am using enhanced digital photos as references. I have altered the lighting and color in these photos to emphasize the design of the composition rather than the color. The intensity of the colors in my previous work seemed to take away from the themes of silence and contemplation that I was trying to convey. I hope to engage the viewer in the abstract qualities of the design.
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