Matt Kelberg LL Bean Boudoir 2016 oil stick on canvas 60" x 48"
morganlehmangallery.com
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Jesse Willenbring
thomasduncangallery.com
Friday, May 13, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Chris Martin
Chris Martin 28 2015 acrylic, oil and glitter on canvas 135.2" x 117.75"
davidkordanskygallery.com
This is Martin's second exhibition with Kordansky and his first in the new location with it's cavernous space and beautiful lighting. Martin is more than up to the task of holding the space with his huge colorful paintings. Martin, whose home base is in New York, uses scale, materials and above all color to achieve work that envelops the viewer in a psychedelic trip through his view of culture. I almost get the feeling that he is channeling the west coast more than the east with his obsession with Amy Winehouse imagery intertwined with glittery surfaces. I felt the specter of Bay Area Funk as I walked through the gallery.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Karl Wirsum
Karl Wirsum Turning the Tables on My Bald Head 2013 acrylic on canvas with painted wood frame 47.5" x 40"
derekeller.com
Monday, April 11, 2016
Carlson Hatton
87" x 60"
patrickpainter.com
Carlson is the son of some old friends of mine from here in San Diego. His development as an artist has reached exponential levels in the last few years since he has been showing with Patrick Painter in LA. I had the chance recently to meet with him at the gallery and get the inside track on his most recent work. He is using complex layering mixing figurative and abstract elements that allow the viewer to slip in and out of deep and shallow space while experiencing each work. He has found a wonderful tenor in his artistic voice as he continues his quest to reinvent visual vocabularies. And, he couldn't be a nicer fellow.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Joseph Yoakum
Joseph Yoakum Mt. Colin Of Viricruz sec near town Ciowawa Mexico pen, colored pencil on paper 12" x 12"
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Tom Burckhardt
Tom Burckhardt Brief Gaudy Hour 2010 colored pencil and acrylic on book cover 10.5" x 8.5"
gregorylindgallery.com
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Bruce New
Bruce New Blueprint For Building A Bird Cathedral 2015 pen/collage on paper 16" x 20"
brucenew.com
Bruce New's work in collage and drawing remind me a bit of Walter Askin. Askin is an older L.A. based artist. I like the odd symmetry of New's compositions and the bold graphic quality of the imagery. I guess it's the old printmaker in me.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Alan Davie
Alan Davie 1920-2014 Little Circulatio 2005 oil on board 14.75" x 12.38"
jameshymangallery.com
I keep on thinking of why I enjoy Alan Davie's work so much. I was introduced to his work in the early 60's by a mentor and teacher of mine named Darryl Groover. Darryl passed away too early but his legacy lives on in me. My appreciation of color, form and unusual content goes back to him.
Davie epitomized the use of color, form and unusual content that combined the mystical, magical and natural throughout his career. He borrowed symbols from ancient cultures that he appropriated in an authentic manner. He followed his own path to creativity with out yielding to trends or movements. His life was much like Guston's in that he had a vision and followed it to the end without equivocating or apologizing. A path that many younger artists today might learn from.
Saturday, March 19, 2016
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