Migration is celebrating the opening of Naturescapes, the newest paintings by Oregon artist Randall David Tipton, this Friday, December 5 with a reception at the gallery from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
It feels like this show has been a long tome coming. Laura and I have been in love with Randall's watercolors on yupo for many, many months. Although showing a few of his paintings in the past, this will be our first exhibit of Randall's work en mass. We couldn't be more excited - like Christmas has come early.
I have written before on Randall's work and his mastery of his chosen medium (read my earlier reports here and here). To this date, I have not come across any painter who can control watercolors with such a loose touch and unabashed expression. The power of movement in each and every one of his landscape paintings is remarkable.
A special twist to this show is that we are presenting a large number of smaller pieces. Sizes range from 5"x5" to 6"x6" to 9"x12" to 12"x12". Prices are $95 for the smaller ones up to $350 for the larger ones. Talk about bang for your buck! This is the most affordable art we have carried. The prices simply belie the quality of each piece.
Please come to the gallery and experience Randall's explosion of colors and beautiful renderings of west coast landscapes. It will be a great way to kick start the holiday season.
About his paintings, Randall says this:
Throughout my career the landscape has been my guiding orientation. Whether I've tried to reduce its complexity to bands and gestures or to focus intently on a particular aspect, my motive has always been to suggest something fundamental and primal. My impulse comes from a simple belief in the restorative qualities in nature. In the American tradition of Thoreau to Frederick Edwin Church to Arthur Dove and others, I include myself among those trying to expose and explore the transcendental relationship we have with the natural world.
Coming of age in the late 20th century, after the example and sacrifice of the abstract expressionists, I came to also believe in their faith in improvisation as a more direct link to the unconscious and therefore to something more authentic.
Ultimately, this is where my commitment lies; through the process of painting, alert to possibility, my belief in the redemptive essence of the landscape becomes an image.
For more on Randall and his work, go here.
Amazing images, thanks for sharing.
Mal :)
Posted by: Malice | December 04, 2008 at 06:40 PM